TY - ADVS AU - Ganz,Tomas TI - Iron metabolism and innate immunity T2 - Innate immunity : host recognition and response in health and disease, PY - 2020/// CY - London PB - Henry Stewart Talks KW - Anemia KW - Hemochromatosis KW - Iron in the body KW - Iron KW - Metabolism KW - Disorder KW - Macrophages KW - Natural immunity KW - Anemia, Iron-Deficiency KW - immunology KW - Hepcidins KW - Immunity, Innate KW - Inflammation KW - complications KW - metabolism KW - metal transporting protein 1 N1 - Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration; Title from title frames; Updated version of a talk first published in 2009; Contents: Iron is an essential element for nearly all infectious microorganisms as well as for their plant and animal hosts -- Within hours of infection, animals sequester iron within macrophages as well as in specialized extracellular proteins -- The cellular component of this response causes a marked decrease in extracellular iron concentration -- Hepcidin is a recently characterized peptide that functions as the homeostatic iron-regulatory hormone and as the mediator of inflammatory iron sequestration -- It acts by binding to the sole known cellular iron exporter, ferroportin, and inducing its internalization and degradation -- Pathological regulation or dysregulation of the hepcidin-ferroportin axis is responsible for a number of common iron-related disorders including anemia of inflammation, hereditary hemochromatosis and iron-loading anemias; Access restricted to subscribers UR - https://hstalks.com/bs/1304/ UR - https://hstalks.com/bs/p/437/ ER -