butyrophilin

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Etymology

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From butyro- +‎ -phile +‎ -in.

Noun

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butyrophilin (countable and uncountable, plural butyrophilins)

  1. Any of a family of proteins associated with lactation.
    • 2016 January 23, “Peptidylarginine Deiminase 3 (PAD3) Is Upregulated by Prolactin Stimulation of CID-9 Cells and Expressed in the Lactating Mouse Mammary Gland”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      For example, prolactin is required for stimulating robust transcription of a cohort of genes that encode proteins necessary for milk synthesis and secretion such as butyrophilin and α-lactalbumin.