Zinc and copper toxicity in host defense against pathogens: Mycobacterium tuberculosis as a model example of an emerging paradigm

Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2013 Nov 27:3:89. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00089. eCollection 2013.
No abstract available

Keywords: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; P-type ATPase; copper; macrophage; zinc.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / metabolism*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / toxicity
  • Copper / metabolism*
  • Copper / toxicity
  • Immunity, Innate*
  • Metabolism / drug effects
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / immunology*
  • Zinc / metabolism*
  • Zinc / toxicity

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Copper
  • Zinc