Posted by raybakes on December 12, 2004, at 14:33:43
In reply to Re: ferritin » raybakes, posted by tealady on December 11, 2004, at 15:35:36
> do you think lactoferrin supplements would be of any use?
http://www.lfplus.com/s2/2214.html
this on interleukin 10 and hyperferritinemia..
http://www.jimmunol.org/cgi/content/abstract/169/4/2204
and also interleukin 10's effect on supressing nitric oxide..
"IL-10, TGF-b and IL-4 can suppress the inflammatory activation of macrophages, thereby inhibiting NO production."
Possibility that autoimmunity is triggering macrophages to release NO and disrupt ferritin? What do you think?
Ray
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