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. 2021 Apr 29;22:133. doi: 10.1186/s12931-021-01722-y

Table 1.

Metal homeostasis within immune cells

Iron Zinc Copper
Macrophages

DMT1 [42]

Transferrin Receptor 1 (TFR1) [45]

Slc39a14 (ZIP14) [77]

Lactoferrin receptor (LfR) [43]

CD163 [45]

CD64 [220]

Ferroportin (FPN) [50]

Lipocalin-2 (LCN-2) [63]

Nramp-1 [45]

Hepcidin [53]

SLC39A (ZIP)

Slc39a2 [77]

Slc39a4 [77]

Slc39a14 [77]

SLC30A (ZnTs)

Slc30a1 [77]

Slc30a3 [77]

Slc30a5 [77]

CTR1 [84]

ATP7A [84]

Neutrophils

Nramp-1 [63]

Lipocalin-2 [63]

Myeloperoxidase [113]

Ceruloplasmin [119]

Lactoferrin [110]

Calprotectin

(S100A8/S100A9 heterodimer) [13]

Calgranulin C

(S100A12) [124]

Calgranulin C

(S100A12) [124]

ATP7A [118]

ATP7B [118]

Ceruloplasmin [119]

NK cells

TfR1 (CD71) [183]

Lactoferrin receptor (LfR) [185]

KIR receptor [188]

Surface receptors with tyrosine phosphorylation sites [190]

Unknown
Dendritic cells Unknown ZIPs and ZNTs [102] Unknown
Basophils Unknown Methallothioneins (MTs) [158] Unknown
Eosinophils Eosinophil peroxidase (EPX) [152] Unknown Unknown
Mast cells Unknown Unknown Ctr2 [161]
ɣδ T cells

Lactoferrin receptor (LfR) [195]

Hereditary hemochromatosis susceptibility gene (HFE) [197, 198]

Β2-microglobulin (βm-2) [198]

Unknown Unknown
iNKT cells

Ferroportin (FPN) [201]

Hepcidin [201]

Unknown Unknown
MAIT cells Unknown Unknown Unknown
T cells

TfR1 (CD71) [209]

Lactoferrin receptor (LFR) [195]

Unknown Unknown
B cells TfR1 (CD71) [209] Unknown Unknown