Extracellular iron and the lung microbiome in smoking and COPD
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DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00019-2025
Abstract: Background Most microorganisms that make up the lung microbiome use several iron acquisition strategies for survival. Iron levels and iron-associated proteins are higher in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of smokers with and smokers without… read more here.
Keywords: balf iron; iron; copd; ferritin ... See more keywords