ReviewNutrients2024
Lactoferrin: A Promising Therapeutic Molecule against Human Papillomavirus.
Review in Nutrients, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Bioactive Peptides from Bovine Colostrum: Sources, Structures, and Biomedical Applications.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Review
- Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Bovine Colostrum for Cancer Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The Multifaceted Functions of Lactoferrin in Antimicrobial Defense and Inflammation.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- Lactoferrin: Properties and Potential Uses in the Food Industry.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Cordycepin, lactoferrin, and Sargassum fusiforme polysaccharides protects against RSV via M2-like macrophage polarization.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Lactoferrin as a Versatile Agent in Nanoparticle Applications: From Therapeutics to Agriculture.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Bovine Colostrum in Pediatric Nutrition and Health.Nutrients · 2024Review
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Abstract
Lactoferrin is a multifunctional glycoprotein naturally found in mammalian secretions, predominantly in colostrum and milk. As a key component of dairy foods, lactoferrin enhances viral protection and boosts human health, owing to its fundamental properties including antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and immune-modulatory effects. Importantly, the antiviral effect of lactoferrin has been shown against a range of viruses causing serious infections and threatening human health. One of the viruses that lactoferrin exerts significant antiviral effects on is the human papillomavirus (HPV), which is the most prevalent transmitted infection affecting a myriad of people around the world. Lactoferrin has a high potential to inhibit HPV via different mechanisms, including direct binding to viral envelope proteins or their cell receptors, thereby hindering viral entry and immune stimulation by triggering the release of some immune-related molecules through the body, such as lymphocytes. Along with HPV, lactoferrin also can inhibit a range of viruses including coronaviruses and hepatitis viruses in the same manner. Here, we overview the current knowledge of lactoferrin and its effects on HPV and other viral infections.
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