… Maria Pia Conte … Maria Pia Conte and Serena Schippa contributed equally in writing all the
sections … Schippa, Serena, and Maria Pia Conte. 2014. "Dysbiotic Events in Gut Microbiota: …

The discovery of the ferroportin-hepcidin complex has led to a critical review on the treatment
of anemia and anemia of inflammation (AI). Ferroportin, the only known mammalian iron …

Self-propelling bacteria are a nanotechnology dream. These unicellular organisms are not
just capable of living and reproducing, but they can swim very efficiently, sense the …

Background: Clinical and experimental observations in animal models indicate that intestinal
commensal bacteria are involved in the initiation and amplification of inflammatory bowel …

Background Celiac Disease (CD) is an autoimmune disorder of the small intestine in which
dietary gluten ingestion leads to a chronic enteropathy. Recently, scientific evidence …

Lactoferrin, an iron-binding glycoprotein synthesized by neutrophils and exocrine glands,
plays an important role in human innate defense mechanisms against bacteria, fungi, and …

Considered to be a major portal of entry for infectious agents, the oral cavity is directly
associated with the evolutionary process of SARS-CoV-2 in its inhalation of ambient particles in …

Introduction Members of the human intestinal microbiota are key players in maintaining human
health. Alterations in the composition of gut microbial community (dysbiosis) have been …

Lactoferrin (Lf) is a cationic glycoprotein synthetized by exocrine glands and is present in all
human secretions. It is also secreted by neutrophils in infection and inflammation sites. This …

Lactoferrin (Lf), a multifunctional cationic glycoprotein synthesized by exocrine glands and
neutrophils, possesses an in vitro antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2. Thus, we conducted …