Published in Anti-Infectives Week, April 14th, 2008
"Nramp1 restricts microbial access to essential micro-nutrients such as iron and manganese within professional phagosomes," wrote M.F. Cellier and colleagues.
The researchers concluded: "Increased understanding of Nramp1 roles in human phagocytes will be useful for future therapeutic approaches against selected infectious and immune diseases."
Cellier and colleagues published their study in Microbes and Infection (Nramp1 phagocyte intracellular...
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Source: Anti-Infectives Week (2008-04-14)
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