Increased Levels of Circulating Iron-Albumin Complexes in Peripheral Arterial Disease Patients

• Main Authors: Elisabetta Schiano (Author), Enrico Cappello (Author), Domenico Cecere (Author), Francesco Pompeo (Author), Ettore Novellino (Author), Mariano Stornaiuolo (Author), Marcello Izzo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Under physiological conditions, extracellular iron circulates in the blood bound to transferrin. As a consequence of several pathologies, the circulating level of a Non-Transferrin Bound pool of Iron (NTBI) increases. The NTBI pool is biologically heterogeneous and represented by iron chelated eithe...