transferrin in English

noun
1
a protein of the beta globulin group that binds and transports iron in blood serum.
The transferrin receptor is a protein located in the plasma membrane that binds the protein transferrin .

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1. In blood plasma, iron is carried tightly bound to the protein transferrin.

2. Iron is neurotoxic in retinal detachment and transferrin Confers neuroprotection

3. Transferrin, widely known as an iron - binding glycoprotein, is a multi - tasking protein.

4. Serum transferrin, prothrombin total serum bilirubin were detected in 161 patients with different types of hepatitis.

5. 12 This is controlled by the presence of the unsaturated iron-binding proteins, transferrin and lactoferrin.

6. In blood plasma, zinc is bound to and transported by albumin (60%, low-affinity) and transferrin (10%).

7. A significant rise in the level of serum albumin and transferrin was demonstrated in tears from cases of acute catarrhal conjunctivitis.

8. The authors of one study (3) have found that Artemisinin-tagged transferrin is highly selective and potent in killing cancer cells

9. Conclusions: The positivity rates of peritoneoscopy and serum transferrin are the highest, but the former is invasive and the latter is nonspecific.

10. Transferrin-functionalized Nanoparticles Lose Their Targeting Capabilities When a Biomolecule Corona Adsorbs on the Surface Nanoparticles have been proposed as carriers for drugs, genes and therapies to treat various diseases.

11. The nutritional state of 168 patients in a medical clinic was determined with the following parameters: Weight/height index, triceps skin fold, arm muscle circumference, creatinine/ height index, albumin, prealbumin, transferrin and cholinesterase.

12. According to the conditions described, some of human serum protein fractions obtained by polycrylamide disc electrophoresis technique could be characterized combining gel column sectioning and immunodiffusion (α1-acid-glycoprotein, albumin, transferrin, α2-macroglobulin,β-lipoprotein).

13. Urinary excretion of albumin, immunoglobulin G, transferrin, soluble L-selectin, α1-microglobulin, and β-N-acetyl-glucosaminidase remained normal throughout the postoperative period in acyanotic CHD patients and rose slightly in cyanotic CHD patients without acute renal failure.