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SUBMITTER: Cao M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC11181898 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cao Min M Platre Matthieu Pierre MP Tsai Huei-Hsuan HH Zhang Ling L Nobori Tatsuya T Armengot Laia L Chen Yintong Y He Wenrong W Brent Lukas L Coll Nuria S NS Ecker Joseph R JR Geldner Niko N Busch Wolfgang W
Nature 20240110 7996
Iron is critical during host-microorganism interactions<sup>1-4</sup>. Restriction of available iron by the host during infection is an important defence strategy, described as nutritional immunity<sup>5</sup>. However, this poses a conundrum for externally facing, absorptive tissues such as the gut epithelium or the plant root epidermis that generate environments that favour iron bioavailability. For example, plant roots acquire iron mostly from the soil and, when iron deficient, increase iron ...[more]