ALB and diabetes mellitus: In another study showing that glycated bovine serum albumin resulted in a loss of affinity for siderophore scavengers, the authors proposed that glycated human serum albumin and other serum proteins such as lipocalin-2 and transferrin may disrupt the innate immune response and promote bacterial infection in diabetics by increasing the bioavailability of limiting nutrients such as iron, thus enhancing bacterial growth [24].