Editorial: Seminal Transferrin in the Seminal Quality Evaluation of Hemodialytic Patients

Abstract

The Transferrin is an iron ion transport protein with a biological function that is important to avoid toxic effects due to high intra and extracellular iron ion concentrations [1]. The cellular protective function attributed to transferrin, especially to the germ and support cells (Sertoli cells), is due to its possible antioxidative function exerted together with another protein linked to iron metabolism, ferritin. Seminal transferrin (ST) is an isoform of plasma transferrin, abundant in seminal fluid, secretory product of Sertoli cells (80%)p.