Pepsin-Digested Bovine Lactoferrin Induces Apoptotic Cell Death With JNK/SAPK Activation in Oral Cancer Cells

• Main Authors: Takayuki Sakai (Author), Yoshiko Banno (Author), Yukihiro Kato (Author), Yoshinori Nozawa (Author), Mitsuru Kawaguchi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Lactoferrin, a member of the transferrin family, is iron-binding and a strongly cationic 76 kDa glycoprotein. In breast milk it is secreted in high concentrations from glandular epithelia and is also present in other exocrine fluids including saliva. In the present study, we examined the biological...