Trial reportFrontiers in immunology2018
Bovine Lactoferrin Enhances TLR7-Mediated Responses in Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells in Elderly Women: Results From a Nutritional Intervention Study With Bovine Lactoferrin, GOS and Vitamin D.
Trial report in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of Lactoferrin Supplementation on Inflammation, Immune Function, and Prevention of Respiratory Tract Infections in Humans: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
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- Effect of Lactoferrin in Obese Children and Adolescents with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Disease: A Randomized Controlled Study.Paediatric drugs · 2026Trial
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- Oral lactoferrin reduces systemic inflammation, enhances anti-viral responses and modulates immune cell profiles: a randomised controlled trial in healthy, older adults.The British journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Carrot Rhamnogalacturonan-I Supplementation Shapes Gut Microbiota and Immune Responses: A Randomised Trial in Healthy Adults.Microorganisms · 2025Article
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- A double-blind intervention trial in healthy women demonstrates the beneficial impact onFrontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- An overview on in vitro and in vivo antiviral activity of lactoferrin: its efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 infection.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2023Review
- Lactoferrin and its digestive peptides induce interferon-α production and activate plasmacytoid dendritic cells ex vivo.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2023Article
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- Interplay of Vitamin D and CYP3A4 Polymorphisms in Endocrine Disorders and Cancer.Endocrinology and metabolism (Seoul, Korea) · 2022Review
- Ingestion, Immunity, and Infection: Nutrition and Viral Respiratory Tract Infections.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- Advances in Delivering Oxidative Modulators for Disease Therapy.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2022Review
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- In the Age of Viral Pandemic, Can Ingredients Inspired by Human Milk and Infant Nutrition Be Repurposed to Support the Immune System?Nutrients · 2021Review
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- In Vitro Induction of Trained Innate Immunity by bIgG and Whey Protein Extracts.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
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- Plasmacytoid dendritic cell and myeloid dendritic cell function in ageing: A comparison between elderly and young adult women.PloS one · 2019Article
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Abstract
During aging the immune system is dysregulated. Especially plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) and myeloid DCs (mDCs) have reduced Toll like receptor (TLR)-mediated responses resulting in increased susceptibility to infections. Consumption of bovine lactoferrin (bLF) has been shown to reduce infections with viruses. Galacto-oligosacharides (GOS) and vitamin D are associated with reduced pro-inflammatory cytokine levels in serum, and increased TLR7/8 responses, respectively. A double-blind placebo-controlled nutritional intervention study in elderly women was performed, to investigate the potential of bLF, GOS, and vitamin D to restore TLR responsiveness of pDCs and mDCs and to reduce inflammatory markers in serum. The nutritional intervention group (
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