In a patient with malignant thymoma and T-cell lymphocytosis, serum thymosin alpha‑1 was markedly elevated.
In plain wordsIn one patient with thymoma, the body's own thymosin alpha‑1 level in the blood was markedly raised.
- Peptide
- Thymosin alpha-1
- Outcome
- IncreaseSerum thymosin alpha 1 level
- Study
n = 1
- Outcome group
- Immune response · Immune and inflammation
Source sentences
Serum samples from this patient were also analyzed for thymic hormones; the level of thymosin alpha 1 was markedly elevated
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
We describe another patient with a lymphocyte-rich malignant thymoma associated with peripheral T-cell lymphocytosis.
This result measures the body's own Thymosin alpha-1. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.