Tuftsin, one of the proposed parameters of splenic function, was utilized as a monitor of splenic immunologic activity in a patient who underwent splenectomy and autologus spleen implantation at ...

Tuftsin itself is a natural phagocytosis-stimulating tetrapeptide released from the Fc fragment of the heavy chain of the Immunoglobulin G (IgG). It is immunostimulatory and stimulates phagocytic ...

Tuftsin is present in the blood of numerous animals as it is generally situated in the Fc-domain of the heavy link of immunoglobulin G (residues 289-292). This suggests that tuftsin may have ...