H-Ferritin Is Preferentially Incorporated by Human Erythroid Cells through Transferrin Receptor 1 in a Threshold-Dependent Manner.

Ferritin is an iron-storage protein composed of different ratios of 24 light (L) and heavy (H) subunits. The serum level of ferritin is a clinical marker of the body's iron level. Transferrin receptor (TFR)1 is the receptor not only for transferrin but also for H-ferritin, but how it binds two...

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Main Authors: Soichiro Sakamoto, Hiroshi Kawabata, Taro Masuda, Tatsuki Uchiyama, Chisaki Mizumoto, Katsuyuki Ohmori, H Phillip Koeffler, Norimitsu Kadowaki, Akifumi Takaori-Kondo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4595017?pdf=render