Iron statusTransferrin saturationWaist perimeterType 2 diabetesAims: The relationship between iron status, obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has scarcely been tested. This study hypothesizes that patients with obesity and T2DM have altered iron metabolism.Vaquero, M. PilarMartinez-Suarez, ...
Transferrin is the major iron-transport protein, carrying 60% to 70% of the body's iron. For this reason, total iron-binding capacity (TIBC) and transferrin are sometimes referred to interchangeably, even though other proteins carry iron and contribute to the TIBC. Unbound iron is highly ...
transferrin saturationwomenSerum iron and total iron binding capacity (TIBC) were determined in a population sample of 1462 women in age strata between 38 and 60. Serum iron and TIBC values were similar in the various ages studied but with a slight trend towards higher serum iron and lower ...
Transferrin Saturation In subject area: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology The transferrin saturation is the proportion of the available iron-binding sites on transferrin that are occupied by iron atoms, expressed as a percentage. From: Hematology (Seventh Edition), 2018 About this pageSet ...
Transferrin saturation is reported as a percentage of transferrin that is saturated with iron. Serum iron levels and total iron binding capacity (TIBC) are two tests done on the blood, and their results are used to calculate this value. A serum iron level in the range of 60-170 micrograms/...
SERUM IRON CONCENTRATION (SI) AND TRANSFERRIN SATURATION (SAT) ARE LOWER IN NORMAL CHILDREN THAN IN ADULTSPediatric Research publishes original papers, invited reviews, and commentaries on the etiologies of diseases of children and disorders of development, extending from molecular biology to epidemiology...
The degree of iron saturation of LF did not influence PBMC response; however, APOTF had a greater influence than FETF. Reduced PBMC response at low levels of LF indicate that hyporesponsiveness is not due solely to an increased protein content of the culture but may be the result of ...
Iron accumulation and iron balance dysregulation are observed in animal models of retinal degeneration. Recently, we observed iron overload in ocular fluids from retinal detachment patients and highly transferrin saturation. As therapeutic strategy, we used transferrin (TF), the physiological iron ...
At low transferrin saturation, the first mechanism is quantitatively most important, at high transferrin saturation the latter mechanism becomes more significant. A mechanism whereby transferrin-bound iron is not endocytosed but reduced at and translocated through the plasma membrane has also been invoked...
The serum ferritin level should be maintained well above 100 ng/dl andtransferrinsaturation at 20%. From theCambridge English Corpus However, thetransferrinreceptor-ferritin index (the ratio of serumtransferrinreceptor level to log ferritin level) diagnosed iron deficiency in 43 of the 49 patients. ...