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tuftsin, n. Biochem.|ˈtʌftsɪn| [f. the name of Tufts University, Mass., where the peptide was first isolated, + -in1.] A tetrapeptide, present in some gamma-globulins, which stimulates phagocytosis.
1970Najjar & Nishioka in Nature 14 Nov. 672/2 We shall refer to this peptide as ‘tuftsin’ (after Tufts University). 1981Molecular & Cellular Biochem. XLI. 136/1 Tuftsin stimulates the phagocytic activity of the blood granulocyte as well as the macrophage of the reticuloendothelial system. 1986Jrnl. Antimicrobial Chemotherapy XVII. 362 Prophylactic tuftsin treatment augments the survival of mice subsequently infected with C[andida] albicans. |