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YEAR: 1969

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Immunochemical quantitation of human transferrin in pregnancy and during

administration of oral contraceptives.

AUTHORS

Jacobi JM; Powell LW; Gaffney TJ

SOURCE

British Journal of Haematology 17: 503-509. 1969.

ABSTRACT

The effects of oral contraceptive administration and pregnancy on serum transferrin levels were studied in 144

women using a direct immunochemical technique. The levels of serum-iron, total iron-binding capacity (TIBC)

measured chemically, plasma-bound iodine (PBI), and serum glutamic oxalacetic transaminase (SGOT) were also

estimated on the same samples. Serum transferrin levels measured immunochemically in both pregnant women and

those taking oral contraceptives were strikingly elevated. In the latter group, the rise paralleled the increase

observed in the second and third trimester of pregnancy. Transferrin levels returned to normal levels by 6 weeks

postpartum. TIBC-measured transferrin produced similar results, as did plasma-bound iodine measurement.

Pregnant women and those taking oral contraceptives had transferrin bands, as measured by polyacrylamide gel disc

electrophoresis, of increased density and width compared to those of the control group and women in the

puerperium. All SGOT values were normal. Results confirm that the striking elevation in iron-binding capacity of the

plasma in women taking oral contraceptives is due to an absolute increase in transferrin level. Results also suggest

that changes in transferrin and other serum proteins produced by oral contraceptives are not due to liver damage but

perhaps to increased protein synthesis. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT9T 1-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Immunochemical quantitation of human transferrin in

pregnancy and during administration of oral contraceptives.", is(are) Jacobi JM; Powell LW; Gaffney TJ. The

source of this article is "British Journal of Haematology 17: 503-509. 1969.". This article was published in 1969 in

English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT9T 1-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN:

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