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Ferritin light chain is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FTL gene.It is abnormally expressed in fetuses of both IVF and ICSI which may contribute to the increase risk of birth defects in these ART.This gene encodes the light subunit of the ferritin protein. Ferritin is the major intracellular iron storage protein in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It is composed of 24 subunits of the heavy and light ferritin chains.