In thymectomized rats, thymalin injection returned elevated total kallikrein activity to normal.
In plain wordsIn rats without a thymus, thymalin returned elevated kallikrein activity to normal.
- Peptide
- Thymalin
- Outcome
- DecreaseTotal kallikrein activity
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Thymectomized rats- Outcome group
- Receptor activity and mechanism · Whole body
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · injectionAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
Injection of thymalin into thymectomized animals makes the characteristics under study return to normal.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Thymus ablation was followed by activation of kinin formation, evidenced by an elevation of the total kallikrein activity and drop of the kininogen level.
The effects of thymus ablation and injection of thymalin on the blood plasma kallikrein-kinin system were studied.