Editing Transferrin (section)

== Other effects ==

[[Carbohydrate deficient transferrin]] increases in the blood with heavy [[ethanol]] consumption and can be monitored through laboratory testing.<ref name="pmid11732647">{{cite journal | vauthors = Sharpe PC | title = Biochemical detection and monitoring of alcohol abuse and abstinence | journal = Annals of Clinical Biochemistry | volume = 38 | issue = Pt 6 | pages = 652–64 | date = November 2001 | pmid = 11732647 | doi = 10.1258/0004563011901064 | s2cid = 12203099 | doi-access =  }}</ref>

Transferrin is an acute phase protein and is seen to decrease in inflammation, cancers, and certain diseases (in contrast to other acute phase proteins, e.g., C-reactive protein, which increase in case of acute inflammation).<ref name="pmid21430962">{{cite journal | vauthors = Jain S, Gautam V, Naseem S | title = Acute-phase proteins: As diagnostic tool | journal = Journal of Pharmacy & Bioallied Sciences | volume = 3 | issue = 1 | pages = 118–27 | date = January 2011 | pmid = 21430962 | pmc = 3053509 | doi = 10.4103/0975-7406.76489 | doi-access = free }}</ref>