Lactoferrin, the Moonlighting Protein of Innate Immunity

Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Nov 2;24(21):15888. doi: 10.3390/ijms242115888.

Authors

Antimo Cutone¹, Giovanni Musci¹, Maria Carmela Bonaccorsi di Patti²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, 86090 Pesche, Italy.
² Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University of Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy.

Abstract

Lactoferrin (Lf), a naturally occurring glycoprotein involved in innate immunity, was first discovered in bovine milk [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Animals
Glycoproteins / metabolism
Immunity, Innate*
Lactoferrin* / metabolism
Milk / metabolism

Substances

Lactoferrin
Glycoproteins