| 释义 |
thymosin Biochem.|ˈθaɪməsɪn|
[f. Gr. θύµος thymus + -in1.]
An extract of the thymus gland which has a stimulating effect on the immune system (see quots.).
1966A. L. Goldstein et al. in Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. LVI. 1010 We wish to report the preparation..from calf thymic tissue of a product which stimulates incorporation of H3-thymidine into mesenteric lymph node cells. The lymphocytopoietic factor, which we term thymosin, is active..in vivo, as well as..in vitro. 1980H. N. Eisen Immunology (ed. 2) xviii. 416/2 Thymosin, a mixture of many active low-molecular-weight polypeptides.., probably comes closer than many others to behaving like a natural hormone... It restores immune function to neonatally thymectomized mice. |