ReviewBiometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine2023
Lactoferrin: from the structure to the functional orchestration of iron homeostasis.
Review in Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.
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- Improving Iron Status Without Iron: Clinical Insights From Recombinant Human Lactoferrin Supplementation.Cureus · 2026Article
- The role of metal ions iron, copper, and zinc in the immune microenvironment of gastric cancer.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026Review
- Crosstalk between iron metabolism dysregulation and the oral microbiome in periodontitis.Journal of oral microbiology · 2026Review
- Synergistic effect of lactoferrin combined with fluconazole to overcome antifungal resistance in Candida species.Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials · 2025Article
- Hydrolyzed Milk-Derived Peptides Promote Erythropoietin Pathways and Hematologic Recovery: A Cross-Species Analysis.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exploring the Multifaceted Neuroprotective Mechanisms of Bovine Lactoferrin in a Cell Culture Model of Parkinson's Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
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- Natural Bioactive Compounds in Sheep Milk: Potential Biomedical Applications.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Review
- The ferroform and glycoform landscape of human milk lactoferrin dissected through hybrid mass spectrometric approaches.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Antioxidant Potential of Lactoferrin and Its Protective Effect on Health: An Overview.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- A new spectrophotometric method for measuring ceruloplasmin ferroxidase activity: an innovative approach.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2024Article
- Lactoferrin Protects Against Rotenone-Induced Toxicity in Dopaminergic SH-SY5Y Cells through the Modulation of Apoptotic-Associated Pathways.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2024Article
- ValpalfInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Current Views about the Inflammatory Damage Triggered by Bacterial Superantigens and Experimental Attempts to Neutralize Superantigen-Mediated Toxic Effects with Natural and Biological Products.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2024Review
- Association of plasma lactoferrin levels with disease severity in glaucoma patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- To Boost or to Reset: The Role of Lactoferrin in Energy Metabolism.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Lactoferrin, a Great Wall of host-defence?Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2023Article
- Lactoferrin, a Great Wall of host-defence?Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2023Article
- Iron Saturation Drives Lactoferrin Effects on Oxidative Stress and Neurotoxicity Induced by HIV-1 Tat.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Iron is by far the most widespread and essential transition metal, possessing crucial biological functions for living systems. Despite chemical advantages, iron biology has forced organisms to face with some issues: ferric iron insolubility and ferrous-driven formation of toxic radicals. For these reasons, acquisition and transport of iron constitutes a formidable challenge for cells and organisms, which need to maintain adequate iron concentrations within a narrow range, allowing biological processes without triggering toxic effects. Higher organisms have evolved extracellular carrier proteins to acquire, transport and manage iron. In recent years, a renewed interest in iron biology has highlighted the role of iron-proteins dysregulation in the onset and/or exacerbation of different pathological conditions. However, to date, no resolutive therapy for iron disorders has been found. In this review, we outline the efficacy of Lactoferrin, a member of the transferrin family mainly secreted by exocrine glands and neutrophils, as a new emerging orchestrator of iron metabolism and homeostasis, able to counteract iron disorders associated to different pathologies, including iron deficiency and anemia of inflammation in blood, Parkinson and Alzheimer diseases in the brain and cystic fibrosis in the lung.
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