Description
Transferrin is the main iron-containing protein in plasma, responsible for carrying iron absorbed by the digestive tube and iron released by the degradation of red blood cells. It enters the bone marrow as a complex of TRF-Fe3+ for the production of mature red blood cells. (1) Elevation: increased iron deficiency (iron deficiency anemia), increased ferritin release (acute viral hepatitis, liver cell necrosis). (2) Decreased: infectious diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, primary liver cancer, kidney disease, uremia, hereditary transfertin deficiency, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, hemochromatosis, aplastic anemia, chronic hemolytic anemia, systemic lupus erythematosus, etc