Abstract: Ferritin is the storage form of iron and its role has been implicated in s variety of human diseases. Among the assays carried out to assess the role of iron, such as serum free iron, protein bound iron, transferrin and % saturation, the plasma content of ferritin is the most clinically useful parameter to understand its role in many diseases such as obesity, DM, anemia and diseases associated with liver, kidney, cardiac, reproductive and psychiatric disorders. This review article brings out the outcome of research done on the clinical usefulness of ferritin in the diseases outlined above. The content of this review article will be useful to undertake iron supplement as curative therapy for patients with hypo ferritinemia.
Keywords: Ferritin, DM, Anemia, Obesity, Infertility, Psychiatry.
Title: Clinical Usefulness of Ferritin in Health and Diseases
Author: Swaminathan Selvanayagan, Rajeswari Shanmugam, Revathy Kuppusamy
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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