In irradiated guinea pigs, intramuscular thymaline enhanced regenerative processes in the thymus.
In plain wordsIn guinea pigs exposed to irradiation, thymaline injections increased thymus regeneration.
- Peptide
- Thymalin
- Outcome
- IncreaseThymic regenerative processes
- Study
guinea pign: not reported in source
Irradiated guinea pigs- Outcome group
- Immune response · Immune and inflammation
- Studied dose
- 1 mg/kg/day · intramuscular · 5 daysAs given in this study (guinea pig).
Source sentences
The intramuscular injection of thymaline (1 mg/kg/day during 5 days) enhanced the regenerative processes in the thymus and favored the normalization of some immunological indices of irradiated guinea pigs.