Serotransferrin (Transferrin)
Serotransferrin (transferrin) is an abundant blood plasma glycoprotein which is made in the liver. Its main function is to bind and transport iron throughout the body. Its iron binding capacity also yields anti-microbial properties by keeping required iron stores unavailable to pathogens. Increases in transferrin levels are seen in conjunction with low iron levels and iron deficiency anemia. Decreased transferrin levels can be found during infection, inflammation, low nutritional status, liver diseases, cancer, and other chronic disease states.
Swiss-Prot Accession Number: P02787
Product AssociationsThis analyte is not currently part of Myriad RBM's testing menu.
PublicationsBiomarker Changes in Response to a 12-Week Supplementation of an Oral Nutritional Supplement Enriched with Protein, Vitamin D and HMB in Malnourished Community Dwelling Older Adults with Sarcopenia (2022) Suzette L. Pereira , Marni E. Shoemaker, Susan Gawel, Gerard J. Davis Menghua Luo, Vikkie A. Mustad and Joel T. Cramer Nutrients
Dendritic cell immunotherapy followed by cART interruption during HIV-1 infection induces plasma protein markers of cellular immunity and neutrophil recruitment (2018) van den Ham HJ, Cooper J, Tomasik J, Bahn S, Aerts J, Oseterhaus A, Gruters R, Andeweg A PLoS One
Assessment of Urine Proteomics in Type 1 Primary Hyperoxaluria*American Journal of Nephrology (2016) Brooks ER, Hoppe B, Milliner DS, Salido E, Rim J, Krevitt LM, Olson JB, Price HE, Vural G, Langman CB American Journal of Nephrology
Altered Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins in Smith?Lemli? (2016) Cologna SM, Shieh C, Toth CL, Cougnoux A, Burkert KR, Bianconi SE, Wassif CA, Porter FD American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
Variation in Serum Biomarkers with Sex and Female Hormonal Status: Implications for Clinical Tests (2016) Ramsey JM, Cooper JD, Penninx BWJH, Bahn S Scientific Reports
Proteomic changes in serum of first onset, antidepressant drug-na?ve major depression patients. (2014) Stelzhammer V, Haenisch F, Chan MK, Cooper JD, Steiner J, Steeb H, Martins-de-Souza D, Rahmoune H, Guest PC, Bahn S. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2014 Oct;17(10):1599-608. doi: 10.1017/S1461145714000819. Epub 2014 Jun 5.
Multivariate Protein Signatures of Pre-Clinical Alzheimer's Disease in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) Plasma Proteome Dataset (2012) Johnstone D, Milward EA, Berretta R, Moscato P PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e34341
Validation of a Blood-Based Laboratory Test to Aid in the Confirmation of a Diagnosis of Schizophrenia (2010) Schwarz E, Izmailov R, Spain M, Barnes A, Mapes JP, Guest PC, Rahmoune H, Pietsch S, Leweke FM, Rothermundt M, Steiner J, Koethe D, Kranaster L, Ohrmann P, Suslow T, Levin Y, Bogerts B, (JM) van Beveren N, McAllister G, Weber N, Niebuhr D, Cowan D, Yolken RH, Bahn S Biomark Insights5: 39?47.