Thymic epithelium from patients with SCID and Nezelof syndrome contained thymosin beta‑4.
In plain wordsIn thymus tissue from patients with severe immune deficiency, the body's own thymosin beta‑4 was present.
- Peptide
- Thymosin beta-4 (human)
- Outcome
- Not applicableThymosin beta 4 in thymic epithelium of immunodeficiency patients
- Study
n = 3
Thymic epithelium from patients with severe cellular immunodeficiency- Outcome group
- Endogenous peptide levels · Immune and inflammation
Source sentences
Thymic epithelium from both SCID and Nezelof syndrome patients contained thymosin alpha 1, thymopoietin, and thymosin beta 4 and expressed human Thy-1 antigen.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Thymic epithelium from three patients with severe cellular immunodeficiency diseases were compared with age-matched normal thymic epithelium using three markers of human thymic epithelium and antibodies against thymosin alpha 1, thymopoietin, and thymosin beta 4.
This result measures the body's own Thymosin beta-4 (human). Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.