These signs may indicate low ferritin levels, a protein that stores and releases iron in your body. It is found primarily in your liver, spleen, and bone marrow, and acts as a reservoir ...

MDCs consist of macrophages that carry drugs in ferritin cages. The cage format enables efficient drug encapsulation or conjugation and uptake by macrophage cells. Cellis’ founders showed that ...

Patients with the macrophage-specific form of iron-overload ... from degraded haem can be exported by ferroportin or stored in ferritin. May, P. M. & Williams, D. R. in Iron in Biochemistry ...

More information: Nikke Virtanen et al, Serum ferritin levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome, Fertility and Sterility (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2025.01.004 Provided by University ...

M1 macrophages, with higher ferritin expression, are more resistant to ferroptosis than M2 macrophages. Pathogen ingestion can also trigger macrophage ferroptosis, releasing harmful lipid ...