A new study led by researchers at the Graduate Entry Medical School (GEMS), University of Limerick (UL) has found that people with low levels and very high levels of a commonly measured laboratory ...

Objective: To study the effect of infection on iron status in children suffering from acute, mild or severe respiratory infections and to determine the nature of anemia in infection using serum ...

Soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) levels appeared to function as an inflammation-independent marker of iron status in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and may help distinguish true ...

Transferrin is a glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 80 kDa, synthesized in the liver. Each transferrin molecule can bind up to two iron atoms for distribution to cells. The half-life of ...