Component
Experimentally glycated transferrin (species not specified in indexed abstract)
Experimentally glycated transferrin (species not specified in indexed abstract). Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
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What it acts on
Glycated transferrin retained two chromium-binding equivalents but had altered spectroscopic behavior and greatly reduced chromium delivery in rats.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
- evidence_span
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- experimental_model
- Transferrin incubation, metal binding and rat delivery experiments
- exposure
- Transferrin stored at 37°C with or without glucose before chromium binding and delivery assays
- limitations
- Protein storage itself altered binding. The glycated-protein result does not establish chromium deficiency in human diabetes or a treatment response.
- nutrient_topic
- Chromium research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Chromium
- organism
- Purified transferrin and rat in-vivo transport
- plain_language
- A carrier can still bind the metal yet distribute it less effectively.
- primary_references
- [chromium-p27592288] The effects of the glycation of transferrin on chromium binding and the transport and distribution of chromium in vivo. (2016). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27592288/ DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.08.008
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Carrier protein and systemic chromium distribution
- trigger_kind
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
Chromium: transport, insulin signaling, nutrient interactions and essentiality debate (2026-09-17) · lines 471–482
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Transferrin incubation, metal binding and rat delivery experiments · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### chromium-glycated-transferrin-delivery Glycated transferrin retained two chromium-binding equivalents but had altered spectroscopic behavior and greatly reduced chromium delivery in rats. Condition category: machinery_impairment nutrient_topic: Chromium research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: A carrier can still bind the metal yet distribute it less effectively. organism: Purified transferrin and rat in-vivo transport tissue_or_cell_type: Carrier protein and systemic chromium distribution experimental_model: Transferrin incubation, metal binding and rat delivery experiments limitations: Protein storage itself altered binding. The glycated-protein result does not establish chromium deficiency in human diabetes or a treatment response. exposure: Transferrin stored at 37°C with or without glucose before chromium binding and delivery assays evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/chromium-research/27592288.abstract.txt", "locator": "Exact primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "541c9ba554cad6d899569dc16cdd68b1125542e2df006cb50db19f66d6e78d09", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1460, "text_sha256": "541c9ba554cad6d899569dc16cdd68b1125542e2df006cb50db19f66d6e78d09"} [chromium-p27592288] The effects of the glycation of transferrin on chromium binding and the transport and distribution of chromium in vivo. (2016). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27592288/ DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.08.008
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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