intelectin

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intelectin (countable and uncountable, plural intelectins)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of a group of intestinal lactoferrin receptors.
    • 2015 August 8, “An Immediate Innate Immune Response Occurred In the Early Stage of E . granulosus Eggs Infection in Sheep: Evidence from Microarray Analysis”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Most of up-regulated genes were related to innate immune responses, including innate immunity cells (macrophages, NK cell, mast cell, basophils) and innate immunity molecules (cytokines, chemokines, complement, lysozyme, intelectin 2).