| apoLf | apoLactoferrin |
| B. fragilis | Bacteroides fragilis |
| B. infantis | Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis |
| B. polyfermenticus | Bacillus polyfermenticus |
| bLf | bovine lactoferrin |
| bLfcin | bovine lactoferricin |
| holoLf | holoLactoferrin |
| hLf | human lactoferrin |
| IL- Lfampin |
Interleukin- lactoferrampin |
| MRSA | methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| NKCs | natural killer cells |
| rhLf | recombinant human Lf |
| hLfcin | S. Typhimurium |
| Human lactoferricin | Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium |
| SCFA | short-chain fatty acids |
| TGF-β1 | transforming growth factor -β1 |