Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Lactoferrin: A Ubiquitous and Multifunctional Protein, Intriguing Scientists for over Seventy Five Years (pp. 1-30)
Ewa Skar¿yñska, Tzi Bun Ng and Barbara Lisowska-Myjak
Chapter 2. The Primary Structure and Glycosylation Pattern of Milk Lactoferrins (pp. 31-48)
Serafina Gallina, Rosaria Saletti, Vincenzo Cunsolo, Vera Muccilli and Salvatore Foti
Chapter 3. Lactoferrin and Hepatitis C Virus: Flexible Fitting and Invasive Mechanism (pp. 49-72)
Nawal Abd El-Baky, Esmail M. El-Fakharany and Elrashdy M. Redwana
Chapter 4. Anti-Candidal Activities of Lactoferrin in Systemic Candidiasis (pp. 73-98)
Kabilan Velliyagounder and Mariam Aldajani
Chapter 5. Antimicrobial Activities of the Lactoferrin-Derived Peptide Lactoferricin (pp. 99-112)
Jack Ho Wong, Tzi Bun Ng, Chit Tam, Charlene Cheuk Wing Ng, Ryan Tse, Tak Fu Tse, Helen Chan, Ewa Skar¿yñska and Barbara Lisowska-Myjak
Chapter 6. Properties and Activities of Lactoferrampin (A Lactoferrin-Derived Peptide) and Its Chimera with Lactoferricin (pp. 113-130)
Jack Ho Wong, Tzi Bun Ng, Chit Tam, Charlene Cheuk Wing Ng, Ryan Tse, Tak Fu Tse and Helen Chan
Chapter 7. Anticancer Activities of Lactoferricin Derived from Lactoferrin (pp. 131-146)
Jack Ho Wong, Tzi Bun Ng, Chit Tam, Charlene Cheuk Wing Ng, Ryan Tse, Tak Fu Tse and Helen Chan
Chapter 8. Multiple Effects of Lactoferrin Depend on Diverse Receptors for the Protein in Different Cell Types (pp. 147-184)
Sergio Ghersevich, Luciana Filocco, Carlos Zumoffen, and Estefanía Massa
Chapter 9. Clinical Applications of Lactoferrin (pp. 185-220)
Kallirroi S. Kyriakidi and Dimitrios K. Christodoulou
About the Editor (pp. 221-224)
Index (pp. 225)