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      Decreased salivary lactoferrin levels are specific to Alzheimer's disease 

      González Sánchez, Marta; Bartolomé, Fernando; Antequera, Desirée; Puertas Martín, Verónica; González, Pilar; Gómez Grande, Adolfo; Llamas Velasco, Sara; Herrero San Martín, Alejandro; Pérez Martínez, David; Villarejo Galende, Alberto; Atienza, Mercedes; Palomar Bonete, Miriam; Cantero, José Luis; Perry, George; Orive Arroyo, Gorka; Ibáñez, Borja; Bueno, Héctor; Fuster, Valentín; Carro, Eva (Elsevier, 2020-07)
      Background: Evidences of infectious pathogens in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains may suggest a deteriorated innate immune system in AD pathophysiology. We previously demonstrated reduced salivary lactoferrin (Lf) levels, ...
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      Intranasal Delivery of Plasma and Platelet Growth Factors Using PRGF-Endoret System Enhances Neurogenesis in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease 

      Anitua Aldekoa, Eduardo; Pascual, Consuelo; Pérez González, Rocío; Antequera, Desirée; Padilla, Sabino; Orive Arroyo, Gorka; Carro, Eva (PLoS ONE, 2013-09-19)
      [EN] Neurodegeneration together with a reduction in neurogenesis are cardinal features of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) induced by a combination of toxic amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) and a loss of trophic factor support. Amelioration ...
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      Lactoferrin as Immune-Enhancement Strategy for SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients 

      Bartolomé, Fernando; Rosa, Luigi; Valenti, Piera; Lopera, Francisco; Hernández-Gallego, Jesús; Cantero, José Luis; Orive Arroyo, Gorka; Carro, Eva (Frontiers Media, 2022-04-25)
      Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) (COVID-19) causes severe acute respiratory syndrome. Severe illness of COVID-19 largely occurs in older people and recent evidence indicates that demented patients have higher risk for COVID-19. ...
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      Standardizing Salivary Lactoferrin Measurements to Obtain a Robust Diagnostic Biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease 

      Bartolomé, Fernando; Orive Arroyo, Gorka; Carro, Eva (Wiley, 2021-05-02)
      The search for new, robust, and reproducible biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis is a challenge. We recently reported that salivary lactoferrin (Lf) could be presented as new biomarker candidate for AD, being ...