Meanings
nounintelectin (countable and uncountable, plural intelectins)
plural intelectins
- countableuncountablebiochemistryAny of a group of intestinal lactoferrin receptors.
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).
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, →DOI
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