"Thymosin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
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D013947
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.910.850 D12.644.548.869 D12.776.922
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thymosin" by people in Profiles.
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Detection of thymosin 5 in calf and mouse thymus and in nude mouse dysgenetic thymus. Folia Biol (Praha). 1979; 25(1):49-55.
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The mechanism of thymosin action. Short communication. Acta Biol Acad Sci Hung. 1975; 26(3-4):233-5.