"Lactoferrin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An iron-binding protein that was originally characterized as a milk protein. It is widely distributed in secretory fluids and is found in the neutrophilic granules of LEUKOCYTES. The N-terminal part of lactoferrin possesses a serine protease which functions to inactivate the TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM used by bacteria to export virulence proteins for host cell invasion.
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D007781
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D08.811.277.656.300.760.471 D08.811.277.656.959.350.471 D12.776.157.427.750.249 D12.776.256.626.816.500.507 D12.776.377.457.507 D12.776.395.507 D12.776.556.579.750.249
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| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lactoferrin" by people in Profiles.
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Is the Use of Complete Blood Counts with Manual Differentials an Antiquated Method of Determining Neutrophil Composition in Newborns? Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2015; 45(4):403-13.
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The actin cytoskeleton regulates exocytosis of all neutrophil granule subsets. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2007 May; 292(5):C1690-700.
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Identification and molecular analysis of lbpBA, which encodes the two-component meningococcal lactoferrin receptor. Infect Immun. 1998 Jun; 66(6):3017-23.
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bvg Repression of alcaligin synthesis in Bordetella bronchiseptica is associated with phylogenetic lineage. J Bacteriol. 1995 Nov; 177(21):6058-63.
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Growth of Moraxella catarrhalis with human transferrin and lactoferrin: expression of iron-repressible proteins without siderophore production. Infect Immun. 1994 Nov; 62(11):4909-14.
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Insertional inactivation of the gene for the meningococcal lactoferrin binding protein. Microb Pathog. 1994 Oct; 17(4):227-37.
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A siderophore production mutant of Bordetella bronchiseptica cannot use lactoferrin as an iron source. Infect Immun. 1993 Jun; 61(6):2698-702.
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Siderophore production and membrane alterations by Bordetella pertussis in response to iron starvation. Infect Immun. 1992 Jan; 60(1):117-23.
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Genetic evidence that Neisseria gonorrhoeae produces specific receptors for transferrin and lactoferrin. J Bacteriol. 1990 Sep; 172(9):5225-35.
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Iron uptake from lactoferrin and transferrin by Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Infect Immun. 1988 Apr; 56(4):785-91.