Transferrin/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Hematology [r]: In broad terms, the study of the morphology, physiology, and pathology of the blood and blood-forming tissues; also a subspecialty of internal medicine dealing with the diseases of these tissues ^[e]
• Erythropoesis [r]: The creation, from megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitor cells, and life cycle of erythrocytes (i.e., red blood cells or RBCs) ^[e]
• Human iron metabolism [r]: Mechanisms of ingestion, distribution, use and excretion of iron by the human body, as well as an introduction to disorders of iron metabolism ^[e]

Subtopics

• Total iron binding capacity [r]: An indirect measurement of transferrin receptors present in blood; also a surrogate for iron available to the bone marrow ^[e]
• Transferrin saturation [r]: A value calculated from dividing the serum iron by the total iron binding capacity, which corrects for the presence of inflammation in giving a clinically useful measurement of transferrin ^[e]
• Unsaturated iron binding capacity [r]: Measurement performed on serum, in which a known quantity of iron is added, and, after a short wait, the amount of iron that did not bind to transferrin receptors is determined, the UIBC ^[e]
• Iron deficiency anemia [r]: Anaemia resulting from a deficiency of iron, characterized by hypochromic microcytic erythrocytes and a normoblastic reaction of the bone marrow. ^[e]
• Iron overload [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Acute phase reaction [r]: An early local inflammatory reaction to insult or injury that consists of fever, an increase in inflammatory humoral factors, and an increased synthesis by hepatocytes of a number of proteins or glycoproteins usually found in the plasma. ^[e]
• Serum iron [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ferritin [r]: An intracellular protein-iron complex in which iron reserves are stored ^[e]