talactoferrin

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noun

A recombinant human lactoferrin produced by the fungus Aspergillus niger or its close relatives that has potential antineoplastic and immunomodulating activities

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Meanings

nountalactoferrin (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA recombinant human lactoferrin produced by the fungus Aspergillus niger or its close relatives that has potential antineoplastic and immunomodulating activities

    Areas other than sepsis are currently the subjects of ongoing clinical studies to control inflammation; for example, talactoferrin, which failed in sepsis therapy (NCT01273779), is now being investigated in cancer studies (NCT00706862).

    2015 August 20, Lukas Martin et al., “Antimicrobial Peptides in Human Sepsis”, in Frontiers in Immunology, volume 6, →DOI
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