a protein which is used by the body to store iron. It occurs in the liver, bone marrow and spleen.
A crystalline iron-containing protein that functions in the storage of iron and is found especially in the liver and spleen.
a protein containing 20% iron that is found in the intestines and liver and spleen; it is one of the chief forms in which iron is stored in the body
an iron protein complex which regulates iron storage and transport from the intestinal lumen to plasma.
An iron storage protein of mammals, found in liver, spleen and bone marrow.
Measures iron storage protein in sialic acid; low levels suggest good prognosis in head and neck malignancies, although test is nonspecific for head and neck cancer; elevated levels present in lymphoproliferative disease; may indicate Hodgkin’s disease or leukemia; monitors cause of disease in neuroblastoma; nonspecific in neurogenic tumors.
a blood test which measures the patient's iron reserves, and hence the need for iron treatment.
molecular complex which is the main form of storage of iron in the body.
The major iron storage protein . The blood level of ferritin serves as an indicator of the amount of iron stored in the body. See the entire definition of Ferritin
Ferritin is an iron-protein complex and is one of the forms in which iron is stored in the tissues of the intestine, spleen, and liver.
Protein that carries iron.
a complex protein formed in the intestine, containing about 23% iron, the amount found in serum is directly related to iron storage in the body. Increased ferritin levels may indicate iron loading and conditions such as haemochromatosis, certain types of anaemia etc.
The primary form of storage iron.
An iron-carrying protein which is a more accurate monitor of long term body iron status than the Blood iron level, which varies with diet.
Ferritin is a globular protein complex consisting of 24 protein subunits and is the main intracellular iron storage protein in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, keeping it in a soluble and non-toxic form. Ferritin which is not combined with iron is called apoferritin.
