[HTML][HTML] Probiotic gastrointestinal transit and colonization after oral administration: A long journey

S Han, Y Lu, J Xie, Y Fei, G Zheng, Z Wang… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Orally administered probiotics encounter various challenges on their journey through the
mouth, stomach, intestine and colon. The health benefits of probiotics are diminished mainly …

Lactoferrin: An overview of its main functions, immunomodulatory and antimicrobial role, and clinical significance

M Sienkiewicz, A Jaśkiewicz, A Tarasiuk… - Critical reviews in food …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Lactoferrin (LF), a glycoprotein found in mucosal secretions, is characterized by a wide
range of functions, including immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory activities. Moreover …

The biology of lactoferrin, an iron-binding protein that can help defend against viruses and bacteria

DB Kell, EL Heyden, E Pretorius - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Lactoferrin is a nutrient classically found in mammalian milk. It binds iron and is transferred
via a variety of receptors into and between cells, serum, bile, and cerebrospinal fluid. It has …

Iron in the tumor microenvironment—connecting the dots

C Pfeifhofer-Obermair, P Tymoszuk, V Petzer… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Iron metabolism and tumor biology are intimately linked. Iron facilitates the production of
oxygen radicals, which may either result in iron-induced cell death, ferroptosis, or contribute …

Lactoferrin, a pleiotropic protein in health and disease

S Mayeur, S Spahis, Y Pouliot, E Levy - Antioxidants & redox …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Significance: Lactoferrin (Lf) is a nonheme iron-binding glycoprotein strongly
expressed in human and bovine milk and it plays many functions during infancy such as iron …

Drug resistance in Giardia: Mechanisms and alternative treatments for Giardiasis

R Argüello-García, D Leitsch, T Skinner-Adams… - Advances in …, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of chemotherapeutic drugs is the main resource against clinical giardiasis due to
the lack of approved vaccines. Resistance of G. duodenalis to the most used drugs to treat …

[HTML][HTML] The potential for Lactoferrin to reduce SARS-CoV-2 induced cytokine storm

M Zimecki, JK Actor, ML Kruzel - International immunopharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious global health threat caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome of coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Symptoms of COVID-19 are highly …

Chimeric nanocomposites for the rapid and simple isolation of urinary extracellular vesicles

TNT Dao, MG Kim, B Koo, H Liu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer cell‐derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) are promising biomarkers for cancer
diagnosis and prognosis. However, the lack of rapid and sensitive isolation techniques to …

Antituberculosis targeted drug delivery as a potential future treatment approach

MKN Mazlan, MHD Mohd Tazizi, R Ahmad, MAA Noh… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the microorganism that causes tuberculosis. This
infectious disease has been around for centuries, with the earliest record of Mtb around …

D-Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase structure and function

MR White, ED Garcin - Macromolecular Protein Complexes: Structure and …, 2017 - Springer
Aside from its well-established role in glycolysis, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
dehydrogenase (GAPDH) has been shown to possess many key functions in cells. These …