Metal Ion Acquisition in Staphylococcus aureus: Overcoming Nutritional Immunity
James E. Cassat, Eric P. Skaar
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- Year
- 2012
- Journal
- Seminars in Immunopathology
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cassat-2012-metal-acquisition-staphylococcus-aureus
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Maps the complete metal acquisition arsenal of Staphylococcus aureus and the nutritional immunity systems the host deploys to counter each—transforming WikiBiome's understanding of how calprotectin-mediated manganese/zinc sequestration drives both pathogenic persistence and dysbiotic inflammation. This mechanistic completeness is foundational to modeling metal-dependent pathogenesis across wound, respiratory, and systemic infections.
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