Lacticaseibacillus paracasei DG enhances the lactoferrin anti-SARS-CoV-2 response in Caco-2 cells

Autore: Claudio Salaris 1, Melania Scarpa 2, Marina Elli 3, Alice Bertolini 1, Simone Guglielmetti 4, Fabrizio Pregliasco 5, Paola Brun 1, and Ignazio Castagliuolo 1

1Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy; 2 Laboratory of Advanced Translational Research, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV – IRCCS, Padua, Italy; 3 AAT-Advanced Analytical Technologies S.r.l., Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Piacenza, Italy; 4 Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (Defens), University of Milan, Milan, Italy; 5 IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, University of Milan, Milan, Italy


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