Research progress of transferrin and transferrin receptor on anti-tumor effect / 实用肿瘤学杂志

The transferrrin(Tf)and the transferrin receptor(TfR)are effective anti tumor agents which exist widely in human body .The Tf takes an important role in iron metabolism ,while the TfR disturbs iron metab-olism and controls the iron absorbing .The compound of Tf and TfR can induce tumor cells apoptosis .Therefore , the combination of Tf and TfR can inhibit tumor growth efficiently .In addition,it is also good for anti tumor indi-rectly by taking Tf/TfR as target and using artemisinin .This article will review and summarize the anti tumor effect of transferrin and transferrin receptor .