In sections of normal human thymus, thymic nurse cells expressed thymosin alpha‑1, together with epithelial markers and HLA-DR.
In plain wordsIn stained human thymus tissue, thymic nurse cells carried the body's own thymosin alpha‑1.
- Peptide
- Thymosin alpha-1
- Outcome
- Not applicableThymosin alpha 1 expression in thymic nurse cells
- Study
humann: not reported in source
Immunohistochemically stained sections of human thymus- Outcome group
- Immune response · Immune and inflammation
Source sentences
TNC expressed epithelial markers [low and high molecular weight keratins identified by 35 beta H11 and 34 beta E12 monoclonal antibodies, a cortical antigen shared with neuroectodermal neoplasms recognized by the GE2 monoclonal antibody, and tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA:B1)], class II histocompat…
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
In the present study we demonstrate TNC in immunohistochemically stained sections of human thymus as ring-shaped cells completely enclosing thymocytes and localized not only in the cortex, but also at the corticomedullary junction where they have not been previously described.
This result measures the body's own Thymosin alpha-1. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.