ceruloplasmin /ce·ru·lo·plas·min/ (sĕ-roo″lo-plaz´min) an α2-globulin of plasma believed to function in copper transport and its maintenance at appropriate levels in tissue; levels are decreased in Wilson's disease.
Ceruloplasmin
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ce·ru·lo·plas·min (s -r  l -pl z m n)n. A blue, copper-containing globulin that may play a part in erythropoiesis and oxygen reduction. |
Ceruloplasmin
A protein circulating in the bloodstream that binds with copper and transports it.
Mentioned in: Wilson Disease
ceruloplasmin
[siro̅o̅′lōplaz′min]
Etymology: L, caelum, sky; Gk, plassein, to shape
a blue glycoprotein in plasma that transports 96% of the plasma copper. A major decrease is seen in Wilson's disease.
ceruloplasmin
an alpha2-globulin of the plasma, being the form in which most of the plasma copper is transported. Used as a measure of the copper status of animals.
ceruloplasmin
Ferroxidase Clinical chemistry A dehydrogenase produced in the liver involved in copper detoxification and possibly in mopping up excess oxygen radicals or superoxide anions ↑ in Neoplasms, inflammation, liver disease,
rheumatoid arthritis, SLE, pregnancy, OCs, estrogen therapy ↓ in Wilson's disease, Menkes' kinky hair syndrome, hepatitis, cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, sprue, scleroderma of small intestine. See Copper.
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