Journal article
Bioinorganic Chemistry of Zinc in relation to the Immune system
Zinc is well-known to have a central role in human inflammation and immunity and is itself an antiinflammatory and antiviral agent. Despite its massively documented role in such processes, the underlying chemistry of zinc in relation to specific proteins and pathways of the immune system has not received much focus.
This short review provides an overview of this topic, with emphasis on the structures of key proteins, zinc coordination chemistry, and probable mechanisms involved in zincbased immunity, with some focus points for future chemical and biological research.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2022 |
Pages: | e202100554 |
ISSN: | 14397633 and 14394227 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1002/cbic.202100554 |
ORCIDs: | Kepp, Kasper Planeta |