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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Feb 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Control Release. 2006 Dec 8;117(3):403–412. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2006.12.001

Table 1.

List of potentially modifiable Tf molecular properties

Rate Definition Native Value Ref.
kFeTf,TfR a Association rate of holo-Tf for TfR 4 ± 1 × 107 M−1 min−1 [15]
kFeTf,TfR,r a Dissociation rate of holo-Tf from TfR 1.3 ± 0.5 min−1 [15]
kTf,TfR Association rate of apo-Tf for TfR 0.0 M−1 min−1 [23]
kTf,TfR,r Dissociation rate of apo-Tf from TfR 2.6 min−1 [19]
kendo b Endosomal association rate of Tf for TfR 4.4 ± 0.4 × 107 M−1 min−1 [23]
kendo,r b Endosomal dissociation rate of Tf from TfR 0.056 ± 0.012 min−1 [23]
kFe,rel Tf iron release rate 1.0 × 102 min−1 Est.
a

Range reported is the 95% confidence interval.

b

Range reported is the mean and standard deviation.