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In addition to its role in iron delivery, transferrin also functions as a signaling molecule, with effects on both iron homeostasis and erythropoiesis. We investigated hematologic parameters, iron status and expression of key proteins, including the hepatic iron regulatory protein hepcidin and the suppressive erythroid factor <jats:italic>Erfe<\/jats:italic>, in mice subject to dietary iron deficiency with and without anemia. The acute effect of iron on these parameters was investigated by administration of exogenous iron-loaded transferrin (holoTf) in each of the mouse models. Serum iron in mice with iron deficiency (ID) is modestly lower with hematologic parameters maintained by utilization of iron stores in mice with ID. As expected, erythropoietin expression and concentration, along with marrow <jats:italic>Erfe<\/jats:italic> are unaffected in ID mice. Administration of holoTf restores serum iron and Tf saturation levels to those observed in control mice and results in an increase in hepcidin compared to ID mice not treated with holoTf. The expression of the Bmp signaling molecule <jats:italic>Bmp6<\/jats:italic> is not significantly increased following Tf treatment in ID mice. Thus, the expression level of the gene encoding hepcidin, <jats:italic>Hamp1<\/jats:italic>, is increased relative to <jats:italic>Bmp6<\/jats:italic> expression in ID mice following treatment with holoTf, leading us to speculate that Tf saturation may influence Bmp sensitivity. In mice with iron deficiency anemia (IDA), decreased hematologic parameters were accompanied by pronounced decreases in serum and tissue iron concentrations, and an increase in serum erythropoietin. In the absence of exogenous holoTf, the greater serum erythropoietin was not reflected by an increase in marrow <jats:italic>Erfe<\/jats:italic> expression. HoloTf administration did not acutely change serum Epo in IDA mice. Marrow <jats:italic>Erfe<\/jats:italic> expression was, however, markedly increased in IDA mice following holoTf, plausibly accounting for the lack of an increase in <jats:italic>Hamp1<\/jats:italic> following holoTf treatment in the IDA mice. The increase in <jats:italic>Erfe<\/jats:italic> despite no change in erythropoietin suggests that Tf acts to increase erythropoietin sensitivity. 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