Metals to combat antimicrobial resistance

A Frei, AD Verderosa, AG Elliott, J Zuegg… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Bacteria, similar to most organisms, have a love–hate relationship with metals: a specific
metal may be essential for survival yet toxic in certain forms and concentrations. Metal ions …

Iron metabolism in ferroptosis

X Chen, C Yu, R Kang, D Tang - Frontiers in cell and developmental …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Ferroptosis is a form of regulated cell death that is characterized by iron-dependent
oxidative damage and subsequent plasma membrane ruptures and the release of damage …

A targetable LIFR− NF-κB− LCN2 axis controls liver tumorigenesis and vulnerability to ferroptosis

F Yao, Y Deng, Y Zhao, Y Mei, Y Zhang, X Liu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The growing knowledge of ferroptosis has suggested the role and therapeutic potential of
ferroptosis in cancer, but has not been translated into effective therapy. Liver cancer …

Iron metabolism and immune regulation

S Ni, Y Yuan, Y Kuang, X Li - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Iron is a critical element for living cells in terrestrial life. Although iron metabolism is strictly
controlled in the body, disturbance of iron homeostasis under certain type of condition leads …

[HTML][HTML] Time-resolved systems immunology reveals a late juncture linked to fatal COVID-19

C Liu, AJ Martins, WW Lau, N Rachmaninoff, J Chen… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
COVID-19 exhibits extensive patient-to-patient heterogeneity. To link immune response
variation to disease severity and outcome over time, we longitudinally assessed circulating …

NUPR1 is a critical repressor of ferroptosis

J Liu, X Song, F Kuang, Q Zhang, Y Xie, R Kang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is a type of iron-dependent regulated cell death, representing an emerging
disease-modulatory mechanism. Transcription factors play multiple roles in ferroptosis …

Cachexia: A systemic consequence of progressive, unresolved disease

M Ferrer, TG Anthony, JS Ayres, G Biffi, JC Brown… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Cachexia, a systemic wasting condition, is considered a late consequence of diseases,
including cancer, organ failure, or infections, and contributes to significant morbidity and …

Adipokine dysregulation and adipose tissue inflammation in human obesity

X Unamuno, J Gómez‐Ambrosi… - European journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Obesity, a worldwide epidemic, confers increased risk for multiple serious conditions,
including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and …

[HTML][HTML] Iron in infection and immunity

M Nairz, G Weiss - Molecular Aspects of Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Iron is an essential micronutrient for virtually all living cells. In infectious diseases, both
invading pathogens and mammalian cells including those of the immune system require iron …

Cancer cells deploy lipocalin-2 to collect limiting iron in leptomeningeal metastasis

Y Chi, J Remsik, V Kiseliovas, C Derderian, U Sener… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The tumor microenvironment plays a critical regulatory role in cancer progression, especially
in central nervous system metastases. Cancer cells within the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) …