Lactoferrin causes IgA and IgG2b isotype switching through betaglycan binding and activation of canonical TGF-β signaling

Retinoic acid, acting as a highly specific IgA isotype switch factor, cooperates with TGF-β1 to enhance the overall IgA response

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Human Milk Composition

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Newly Identified TLR9 Stimulant, M6-395 Is a Potent Polyclonal Activator for Murine B Cells

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Retinoic acid induces expression of Ig germ line α transcript, an IgA isotype switching indicative, through retinoic acid receptor

(2011) Mi-Hee Park et al.   Genes & Genomics

The Role of Retinoic Acid in Tolerance and Immunity

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B cell–helper neutrophils stimulate the diversification and production of immunoglobulin in the marginal zone of the spleen

(2011) Irene Puga et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Lactoferrin induces growth arrest and nuclear accumulation of Smad-2 in HeLa cells

(2010) Nina Zemann et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Lactoferrin increases both resistance to Salmonella typhimurium infection and the production of antibodies in mice

(2010) Maria Elisa Drago-Serrano et al.   IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS

Signal transduction and metabolism in chondrocytes is modulated by lactoferrin

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Anticarcinogenesis pathways activated by bovine lactoferrin in the murine small intestine

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