Macrophage defense mechanisms against intracellular bacteria

G Weiss, UE Schaible - Immunological reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophages and neutrophils play a decisive role in host responses to intracellular bacteria
including the agent of tuberculosis (TB), M ycobacterium tuberculosis as they represent the …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Iron in immune cell function and host defense

D Haschka, A Hoffmann, G Weiss - Seminars in Cell & Developmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The control over iron availability is crucial under homeostatic conditions and even more in
the case of an infection. This results from diverse properties of iron: first, iron is an important …

Increased LCN2 (lipocalin 2) in the RPE decreases autophagy and activates inflammasome-ferroptosis processes in a mouse model of dry AMD

U Gupta, S Ghosh, CT Wallace, P Shang, Y ** iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels
M Nairz, I Theurl, FK Swirski, G Weiss - Pflügers Archiv-European Journal …, 2017 - Springer
Macrophages reside in virtually every organ. First arising during embryogenesis,
macrophages replenish themselves in the adult through a combination of self-renewal and …