Repozytorium

Tuftsin: On the 30-year anniversary of Victor Najjar's discovery.

Autorzy

Ignacy Z. Siemion

Alicja Kluczyk

Rok wydania

1999

Czasopismo

Peptides

Numer woluminu

20

Strony

645-674

DOI

10.1016/s0196-9781(99)00019-4

Kolekcja

Naukowa

Język

Angielski

Typ publikacji

Artykuł

Streszczenie

After a short description of the results of Victor Najjar's research on tuftsin and of the discoveries done by other authors in the early stage of tuftsin investigation, the current state of work on tuftsin is presented, based mainly on the literature published in the years 1984-1997. The presentation follows this order: the occurrence of tuftsin and retro-tuftsin sequences in proteins, their synthesis and biology, the antigenic properties of tuftsin, its influence on phagocytic cells, and other biologic activities of tuftsin, including antimicrobial, antiviral, antitumor and central effects, and the search for tuftsin superactive analogs.

Adres publiczny

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0196-9781(99)00019-4

Strona internetowa wydawcy

http://www.elsevier.com