In recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with infection, 2 weeks of thymosin α1 raised concentrations of IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-4, IL-10 and IL-12 after 1 month in the treatment group.
In plain wordsIn transplant patients with infection, thymosin α1 was followed by higher levels of several immune signalling proteins after one month.
- Peptide
- Thymosin alpha-1
- Outcome
- IncreaseCytokine concentrations (IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-4, IL-10, IL-12) at 1 month
- Study
n = 8
- Outcome group
- Immune response · Immune and inflammation
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · 2 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
When Tα1 was administered for 2 weeks, the concentrations of these cytokines were increased after 1 month in the treatment group.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Eight patients were enrolled in our study, including seven allo-HSCT patients and one auto-HSCT patient.
These patients were allocated randomly into the treatment group (four cases) and control group (four cases).