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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Thymosin > Thymalfasin
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Thymosin > Thymalfasin
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Thymosin > Thymalfasin
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Thymus Hormones > Thymosin > Thymalfasin

Preferred term

Thymalfasin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • alpha1 Thymosin
  • alpha1-Thymosin
  • Thymosin alpha(1)
  • Thymosin alpha1

Scope note

  • A thymus hormone polypeptide found in thymosin fraction 5 (a crude thymus gland extract) but now produced by synthesis. It is used alone or with interferon as an immunomodulator for the treatment of CHRONIC HEPATITIS B and HEPATITIS C. Thymalfasin is also used for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced immunosuppression, and to enhance the efficacy of influenza and hepatitis B vaccines in immunocompromised patients.

History note

  • 2019 (1980)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000077596

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