transferrin-bound iron

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• Transferrin — is a blood plasma protein for iron ion delivery. Transferrin is a glycoprotein, which binds iron very tightly but reversibly. Although iron bound to transferrin is less than 0.1% (4 mg) of the total body iron, dynamically it is the most important …   Wikipedia

• Iron deficiency — For the plant disorder also known as lime induced chlorosis , see Iron deficiency (plant disorder). Iron deficiency Classification and external resources Iron in heme ICD …   Wikipedia

• transferrin saturation — the percentage of transferrin bound to iron in a serum sample, calculated by the formula used in evaluation of patients with iron deficiency or overload …   Medical dictionary

• Iron — Fe redirects here. For other uses, see Fe (disambiguation). This article is about the chemical element. For other uses, see Iron (disambiguation). manganese …   Wikipedia

• Iron response element — The Iron response element or Iron responsive element (IRE) is a short conserved stem loop which is bound by iron response proteins (IRPs, also named IRE BP or IRBP). The IRE is found in UTRs (Untranslated Regions) of various mRNAs whose products… …   Wikipedia

• Human iron metabolism — is the set of chemical reactions maintaining human homeostasis of iron. Iron is an essential element for most life on Earth, including human beings. The control of this necessary but potentially toxic substance is an important part of many… …   Wikipedia

• total iron-binding capacity — (TIBC) a measure of the total amount of iron that can be bound by the transferrin in a serum sample, determined by saturating the transferrin with iron, then removing the unbound iron with an absorbent and measuring the iron in the filtrate; used …   Medical dictionary

• Serum iron — is a medical laboratory test that measures the amount of circulating iron that is bound to transferrin. Clinicians order this laboratory test when they are concerned about iron deficiency, which can cause anemia and other problems.65% of the iron …   Wikipedia

• plasma iron clearance half-time — the time required for half of the iron in the blood plasma at a given time to be removed, determined by administering radioactive iron 59 bound to the patient s own transferrin and calculating the slope of the best fit line to a semilogarithmic… …   Medical dictionary

• TFR2 — Transferrin receptor 2, also known as TFR2, is a human gene. PBB Summary section title = summary text = This gene is a member of the transferrin receptor like family and encodes a single pass type II membrane protein with a protease associated… …   Wikipedia

• HAMP — Hepcidin antimicrobial peptide, also known as HAMP, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: HAMP hepcidin antimicrobial peptide| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=57817| accessdate = ]… …   Wikipedia