In mice and chickens, thymosin alpha‑1 stimulated the immune response only at the site of subcutaneous injection.
In plain wordsIn mice and chickens, thymosin alpha‑1 boosted the immune response only when injected under the skin at the site.
- Peptide
- Thymosin alpha-1
- Outcome
- IncreaseImmune response to SRBC
- Study
CBA mice and broiler chickens (not split)n: not reported in source
- Outcome group
- Immune response · Immune and inflammation
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · subcutaneousAs given in this study (CBA mice and broiler chickens (not split)).
Source sentences
The peptides thymopentin, thymosin alpha-1, and peptide mixtures (thymosin fraction 5, thymalin) stimulate the immune response only at the site of subcutaneous injections.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The influence of amino acids, their mixtures, and peptides on the immune response, phagocytosis in vitro, and in CBA mice, and broiler chickens, as well as on in vitro ability of listed preparations to protect animals' splenocytes from toxic action of benzene and aflatoxin B1 were studied.