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HORMONA TIMICA [1 record]

Record 1 2006-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

... factor produced by the thymus which play a role in the differentiation and development of T lymphocytes within the thymus and in their maintenance in the periphery. Some of these factors have been isolated from thymic epithelium, and they tend to decline with age concomitantly with thymic atrophy. (They are ): thymosin (fraction 5); thymopoietin 1 and 2; thymic humoral factor (THF); thymostimulin (TP-1); thymulin, facteur thymique sérique (FTS).

DEF

Hormones synthesized within the epithelial cells of the thymus gland and released into the general circulation, development and maintenance of the immune response.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
DEF

(Chacune des) polypeptides sécrétés par le thymus et intervenant dans la différenciation des précurseurs médullaires des cellules T. La thymosine (A.L. Goldstein), la thymopoïétine (G. Goldstein), le facteur humoral thymique (N. Trainin) et le facteur thymique sérique ou thymuline (J.F. Bach) désignent les principales préparations utilisées, dont on ignore encore les parentés éventuelles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
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