In immunodepressed chickens, thymalin regulated nucleic acid synthesis chiefly in thymic cells.
In plain wordsIn chickens with suppressed immunity, thymalin regulated nucleic acid synthesis chiefly in thymic cells.
- Peptide
- Thymalin
- Outcome
- Not applicableNucleic acid synthesis
- Study
chickensn: not reported in source
Hydrocortisone- and cyclophosphamide-induced immunodepression- Outcome group
- Immune response · Immune and inflammation
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
Under the conditions of selective immunodepression the preparations on the basis of the peptides of the thymus (thymalin) and of the bursa of Fabricius (bursilin) regulate the processes of nucleic acids and protein synthesis chiefly in the cells of organs which produce them.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The intensity of nucleic acids and protein synthesis in the cells of the thymus and the bursa of Fabricius was studied in chickens against the background of an immunodepression induced by administration of hydrocortisone and cyclophosphamide.