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Iron and other metal ions during host-pathogen interaction. (a) Competition for Fe3+ resources is centered around bacterial siderophores and mammalian Fe3+ and siderophore-binding proteins. (b) Calprotectin (CP) is a general metal sequestering protein the binds Fe2+ and other divalent metal ions in the extracellular environment.
