Tag: Bacterial virulence

As part of a host defense mechanism known as nutritional immunity, the body actively withholds iron from invaders. This critical tactic explains why we can't give iron during infection, as doing so provides essential nutrients to pathogens, potentially exacerbating the illness and interfering with antibiotic efficacy.

Over 2,300 single-pass membrane proteins were identified in the human genome, many of which are classified as type 1 proteins. A type 1 protein can refer to different concepts depending on the biological context, including a specific class of transmembrane proteins, a bacterial secretion pathway, and the most abundant form of collagen.