Thymosin

"Thymosin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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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.

Descriptor ID

D013947

MeSH Number(s)

D06.472.910.850

D12.644.548.869

D12.776.922

Concept/Terms

Thymosin

Thymosin Fs

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Thymosin".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06]
Hormones [D06.472]
Thymus Hormones [D06.472.910]
Thymosin [D06.472.910.850]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Peptides [D12.644]
Peptide Hormones [D12.644.548]
Thymosin [D12.644.548.869]
Proteins [D12.776]
Thymosin [D12.776.922]

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publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Thymosin" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Thymosin" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 25 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2000

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	1	0	1
1998	1	0	1
2000	3	1	4
2001	1	0	1
2004	0	1	1
2005	2	0	2
2006	0	1	1
2007	1	1	2
2009	1	1	2
2010	1	1	2
2011	1	1	2
2012	1	0	1
2013	1	1	2
2015	1	0	1
2022	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Thymosin" by people in Profiles.

Prothymosin Alpha: A Novel Contributor to Estradiol Receptor Alpha-Mediated CD8+ T-Cell Pathogenic Responses and Recognition of Type 1 Collagen in Rheumatic Heart Valve Disease. Circulation. 2022 02 15; 145(7):531-548.

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Thymosin ß10 promotes tumor-associated macrophages M2 conversion and proliferation via the PI3K/Akt pathway in lung adenocarcinoma. Respir Res. 2020 Dec 22; 21(1):328.

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F-Actin is associated with a worsening qSOFA score and intensive care unit admission in emergency department patients at risk for sepsis. Biomarkers. 2020 Jul; 25(5):391-396.

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Thymosin beta 4 regulation of actin in sepsis. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2018 07; 18(sup1):193-197.

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Plasma levels of F-actin and F:G-actin ratio as potential new biomarkers in patients with septic shock. Biomarkers. 2016; 21(2):180-5.

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TMSB4Y is a candidate tumor suppressor on the Y chromosome and is deleted in male breast cancer. Oncotarget. 2015 Dec 29; 6(42):44927-40.

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Identification of novel proteins binding the AU-rich element of a-prothymosin mRNA through the selection of open reading frames (RIDome). RNA Biol. 2015; 12(12):1289-300.

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Adeno-associated viral vector 2.9 thymosin ß4 application attenuates rejection after heart transplantation: results of a preclinical study in the pig. Transplantation. 2014 Oct 27; 98(8):835-43.

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Prothymosin alpha protects cardiomyocytes against ischemia-induced apoptosis via preservation of Akt activation. Apoptosis. 2013 Oct; 18(10):1252-61.

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Microscopy ambient ionization top-down mass spectrometry reveals developmental patterning. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Sep 10; 110(37):14855-60.

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