1. AN OVERVIEW ON THE ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY OF LACTOFERRIN
PAULA ECATERINA FLORIAN1,*, MIHAELA TRIF1, ROBERT W. EVANS2, ANCA ROŞEANU1 1 Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Spl. Independentei 296, Bucharest 17, Romania 2 Division of Biosciences, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK
2. Zn2+ Inhibits Coronavirus and Arterivirus RNA Polymerase Activity I n V i t r o and Zinc Ionophores Block the Replication of These Viruses in Cell Culture
Aartjan J. W. te Velthuis1, Sjoerd H. E. van den Worm1, Amy C. Sims2, Ralph S. Baric2, Eric J. Snijder1*, Martijn J. van Hemert1*
1Molecular Virology Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology, Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2Departments of Epidemiology and Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
3. Bovine Lactoferrin Prevents Influenza A Virus Infection by Interfering with the Fusogenic Function of Viral Hemagglutinin
Fabiana Superti 1,* , Mariangela Agamennone 2 , Agostina Pietrantoni 1,3 and Maria Grazia Ammendolia 1 1 National Centre for Innovative Technologies in Public Health, National Institute of Health, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy;
agostina.pietrantoni@iss.it (A.P.);
maria.ammendolia@iss.it (M.G.A.) 2 Department of Pharmacy, University “G. d’Annunzio”, Via dei Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy;
m.agamennone@unich.it 3 Core Facilities, National Institute of Health, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
4. Lactoferrin from Milk: Nutraceutical and Pharmacological Properties
Francesco Giansanti 1,2,*, Gloria Panella 1, Loris Leboffe 3 and Giovanni Antonini 2,3 1 Department of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila I-67100, Italy;
gloria.panella86@gmail.com 2 Interuniversity Consortium on Biostructures and Biosystems INBB, Rome I-00136, Italy;
5. Lactoferrin as potential preventative and treatment for COVID-19
Raymond Chang1, Wei-Zen Sun2, and Tzi Bun Ng3 1Institute of East-West Medicine 2National Taiwan University Hospital 3Chinese University of Hong Kong
April 4, 2020
6. A structural perspective on lactoferrin function
Heather M. Baker and Edward N. Baker
H.M. Baker and E.N. Baker. School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand.
In #5 reference in the discussion they refer to zinc saturated bovine apolacotferrin as a possible treatment.