Transferrin is a protein involved in iron uptake by cells and has been identified as a potential target for directing drug-loaded nanoparticles for cancer treatment and diagnosis. Most methods for conjugation of transferrin ...

The exact mechanisms by which growth hormone (GH) damages the kidney inducing diabetic nephropathy has not yet been elucidated. Recently, it has been shown that transferrin has the same diabetogenic effects of GH, being ...

Externally added ascorbate or NADH effectively reduced ferricyanide and promoted the exit of Fe3+ originated from acid-destabilized transferrin contained inside endocytic vesicles. The effect of ascorbate was mediated by ...

Although the absorption of iron through the intestinal epithelia is inversely related to body iron stores, the mechanisms by which the enterocytes sense body iron stores are unknown. Polarized enterocytes have transferrin ...

Oligodendrocytes are the cells producing the myelin membrane around the axons in the central nervous system and, although apotransferrin (aTf) is required for oligodendrocyte differentiation, the underlying mechanisms are ...

There have been few studies on the mutations that cause heterozygous beta-thalassemia and how they affect the iron profile. One hundred and thirty-eight individuals were analyzed, 90 thalasemic β0 and 48 thalasemic β+, ...

There have been few studies on the mutations that cause heterozygous beta-thalassemia and how they affect the iron profile. One hundred and thirty-eight individuals were analyzed, 90 thalasemic β0 and 48 thalasemic β+, ...