thymic lymphopoietic factor

thy·mic lym·pho·poi·et·ic fac·tor

a glycoprotein (MW about 12,000) that has been extracted from thymus; this thymus-produced hormone(s) confers immunologic competence on thymus-dependent cells and induces lymphopoiesis.

thymic lymphopoietic factor

(1) Thymopoietin, see there.
(2) Thymosins; see beta thymosins.

thy·mic lym·pho·poi·et·ic fac·tor

(thī'mik lim'fō-poy-et'ik fak'tŏr) A glycoprotein (MW about 12,000) that has been extracted from thymus; this thymus-produced hormone(s) confers immunologic competence on thymus-dependent cells and induces lymphopoiesis.