Cytoprotective Effect of Ferritin H in Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Oxidative stress is a major contributor to kidney injury following ischemia reperfusion. Ferritin, a highly conserved iron-binding protein, is a key protein in the maintenance of cellular iron homeostasis and protection from oxidative stress.
Heather C Hatcher +3 more
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Effect of Serum Ferritin on the Prognosis of Patients with Sepsis: Data from the MIMIC-IV Database
Emergency Medicine International, 2022 Background. The present study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of serum ferritin in critically ill patients with sepsis by using the MIMIC-IV database. Methods. Data were extracted from the MIMIC-IV database.
Yi-Peng Fang +7 more
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Association between Serum Ferritin and Blood Lipids: Influence of Diabetes and hs-CRP Levels
Journal of Diabetes Research, 2020 This study is aimed at exploring the relationship between serum ferritin and blood lipids and the influence of diabetes and different hs-CRP levels. A total of 8163 subjects were analyzed.
Lianlong Yu +6 more
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Clinical Characteristics and Efficacy of Iron Treatment for Restless Legs Syndrome Patients with Very Low Ferritin Levels [PDF]
Sleep Medicine Research, 2018 Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is associated with dopaminergic dysfunction, and iron deficiency, manifesting as low ferritin. However, ferritin levels do not correlate well with demographic data.
Tae-Joon Kim +9 more
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Ferritin in cancer therapy: A pleiotropic tumoraffin nanocage‐based transport
Cancer Medicine, 2023 Background Ferritin, a ubiquitously distributed iron storage protein, can specifically target tumor cells through transferrin receptor 1. Due to its rearrangeable nanocage structure, ferritin can be loaded with anticancer drugs.
Guodong Deng +13 more
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Ferritin-based nanomedicine for disease treatment
Medical Review, 2023 Ferritin is an endogenous protein which is self-assembled by 24 subunits into a highly uniform nanocage structure. Due to the drug-encapsulating ability in the hollow inner cavity and abundant modification sites on the outer surface, ferritin nanocage ...
Zhu Yuanjun +7 more
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Enhanced Cellular Uptake of H-Chain Human Ferritin Containing Gold Nanoparticles
Pharmaceutics, 2021 Gold nanoparticles (AuNP) capped with biocompatible layers have functional optical, chemical, and biological properties as theranostic agents in biomedicine.
Italo Moglia +5 more
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Salt-Dependent Aggregation and Assembly of -Expressed Ferritin
Dose-Response, 2016 Ferritin, with the primary function of iron storage, is a nearly ubiquitous protein found in most living organisms. Our recent investigations suggest that ferritin can assemble nanoparticles.
Wei Sun +7 more
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Outcome Predictive Value of Serum Ferritin in ICU Patients with Long ICU Stay
Medicina, 2020 Background and Objectives: The simplified interpretation of serum ferritin levels, according to which low ferritin levels indicate iron deficiency and high levels indicate hemochromatosis is obsolete, as in the presence of inflammation serum ferritin ...
Daniel Rusu +8 more
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Characterization Analysis of Human Anti-Ferritin Autoantibodies
Antibodies, 2014 Anti-ferritin autoantibodies are found in many animals. Human ferritin-binding proteins (FBPs) were partially purified from human serum by ion-exchange chromatography and immobilized metal affinity chromatography with Zn2+.
Shusaku Higashi +4 more
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