An anti-thymosin alpha‑1 monoclonal antibody did not react with normal human or mouse skin, so epidermal cells did not show the body's own thymosin alpha‑1.
In plain wordsIn lab tests of skin tissue, no natural thymosin alpha‑1 was found in the epidermis.
- Peptide
- Thymosin alpha-1
- Outcome
- No significant changeAnti-thymosin alpha 1 antibody reactivity with normal epidermis
- Study
human and mousen: not reported in source
Normal skin tissue sections stained by indirect immunofluorescence- Outcome group
- Skin and hair · Skin and wound
Source sentences
none of the 3 antithymic hormone mAbs (2 anti-FTS/thymulin and 1 anti-thymosin alpha 1 mAbs) reacted with normal skin
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The reactivity of the following antibodies was tested by indirect immunofluorescence on human and mouse tissue sections: a) two anti-FTS/thymulin mAbs; b) one anti-FTS/thymulin rabbit antiserum; c) one anti-thymopoietin rabbit antiserum; d) one anti-thymosin alpha 1 mAb.
This result measures the body's own Thymosin alpha-1. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.