Role of Hepcidin in Protection Against Systemic Dissemination During Oropharyngeal Candida albicans Infection
Candida albicans (C. albicans) is a commensal fungus that can cause mucosal and systemic disease when host immunity or microbiota balance is disrupted. Hepcidin is a hepatic peptide hormone that degrades the iron exporter ferroportin, restricts extracellular iron availability, and forms a key component of nutritional i...