Thymopentin is an
immunostimulant. As such, it has been used in several clinical studies in the early years of the
AIDS pandemic (from 1983 to 1985). Thymopentin helped to improve immunological condition in several patients for a brief time under specific treatments.
It interacts with
T cell
A T cell is a type of lymphocyte. T cells are one of the important white blood cells of the immune system and play a central role in the adaptive immune response. T cells can be distinguished from other lymphocytes by the presence of a T-cell r ...
s.
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It is a
thymic polypeptide.
References
Peptides
Immunostimulants
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