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

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Thymosin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Thymosins

Note

  • /biosyn /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • Thymosin. A family of heat-stable, polypeptide hormones secreted by the thymus gland. Their biological activities include lymphocytopoiesis, restoration of immunological competence and enhancement of expression of T-cell characteristics and function. They have therapeutic potential in patients having primary or secondary immunodeficiency diseases, cancer or diseases related to aging.

History note

  • 84(75); was see under THYMUS HORMONES 1977-83, was see under THYMUS EXTRACTS 1975-76

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013947

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