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Descriptions

Lactoferrin (LF) is a globular multifunctional protein with antimicrobial activity (bacteriocide, fungicide), is part of the innate defense, mainly at mucoses. Lactoferrin is found in milk and many mucosal secretions such as tears and saliva. Lactoferrin is also present in secondary granules of PMN and also is secreted by some acinar cells. Lactoferrin can be purified from milk or produced recombinantly. Human colostrum has the highest concentration, followed by human milk, then cow milk. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Lactoferrin (Wikipedia)

An iron-binding protein in plasma and secretions (milk, mucus, bile), secreted by leukocytes. It is an important component of GRANULOCYTES. It is bacteriostatic, working by depriving bacteria of iron essential for growth. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Lactoferrin
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2000-05-04
Construct for LOINC Short Name
Lactoferrin

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 乳铁蛋白
Synonyms: LF;乳糖肝褐质;乳酰肝褐质;乳铁传递蛋白
fr-CA French (Canada) Lactoferrine
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Laktoferriin
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Lactoferrina
it-IT Italian (Italy) Lattoferrina
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Laktoferrin
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Лактоферрин
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) lactoferrine
fr-BE French (Belgium) Lactoferrine