High Lactoferrin Levels in Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation and Its Possible Negative Role in Coagulation

Lactoferrin (Lf), which shares a great deal of homology with transferrin, is an iron-binding protein with a molecular weight of 80 kDa [ 1 Anderson B.F. Baker H.M. Norris G.E. Rice D.W. Baker E.N. Structure of human lactoferrin Crystallographic structure analysis and refinement at 2.8 a resolution. J Mol Biol. 1989; 209: 711-734 Crossref PubMed Scopus (549) Google Scholar , 2 Iyer S. Lonnerdal B. Lactoferrin, lactoferrin receptor and iron...