Skip to content

Study · Not a test of the peptide alone · 2020

3 results

Nanoparticle-based thymulin gene therapy therapeutically reverses key pathology of experimental allergic asthma.

da Silva AL, de Oliveira GP, Kim N, Cruz FF, Kitoko JZ, Blanco NG, Martini SV, Hanes J, Rocco PRM, Suk JS, Morales MM

Science advances10 Jun 2020Cited by 28 (Europe PMC)

Summary

The text of this summary is not shown here, because the article license does not allow reuse. Read it at the source (opens in a new tab)

Text rights: CC BY-NC. Results still quote short attributed sentences.

Results from this study3

No result from this study comes from a test of the peptide.

Studies that did not test the peptide alone3

In this study, Thymulin (serum thymic factor) was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. These results are not evidence about taking Thymulin (serum thymic factor).

  1. 01AnimalNot a test of Thymulin (serum thymic factor) aloneAnimal study (in vivo)Efficacy outcome

    In mice with established asthma, nanoparticle-delivered thymulin plasmids normalized chronic lung inflammation twenty days after treatment.

    In plain wordsIn mice with established asthma, thymulin gene therapy normalized chronic lung inflammation.

    Outcome
    DecreaseChronic lung inflammation
    Study

    mousen: not reported in source

    Established allergic asthma
    Outcome group
    Inflammation markers · Respiratory

    Source sentences

    Summary
    Twenty days after the treatment, we found that all key pathologic features found in the asthmatic lung, including chronic inflammation, pulmonary fibrosis, and mechanical dysregulation, were normalized.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    After the disease was fully and stably established, we treated mice intratracheally with a single dose of thymulin-expressing plasmids delivered via nanoparticles engineered to have a unique ability to penetrate the airway mucus barrier.

    In this study, Thymulin (serum thymic factor) was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Thymulin (serum thymic factor).

  2. 02AnimalNot a test of Thymulin (serum thymic factor) aloneAnimal study (in vivo)Efficacy outcome

    In mice with established asthma, nanoparticle-delivered thymulin plasmids normalized pulmonary fibrosis twenty days after treatment.

    In plain wordsIn mice with established asthma, thymulin gene therapy normalized lung fibrosis.

    Outcome
    DecreasePulmonary fibrosis
    Study

    mousen: not reported in source

    Established allergic asthma
    Outcome group
    Lung injury and fibrosis · Respiratory

    Source sentences

    Summary
    Twenty days after the treatment, we found that all key pathologic features found in the asthmatic lung, including chronic inflammation, pulmonary fibrosis, and mechanical dysregulation, were normalized.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    After the disease was fully and stably established, we treated mice intratracheally with a single dose of thymulin-expressing plasmids delivered via nanoparticles engineered to have a unique ability to penetrate the airway mucus barrier.

    In this study, Thymulin (serum thymic factor) was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Thymulin (serum thymic factor).

  3. 03AnimalNot a test of Thymulin (serum thymic factor) aloneAnimal study (in vivo)Efficacy outcome

    In mice with established asthma, nanoparticle-delivered thymulin plasmids normalized lung mechanical dysregulation twenty days after treatment.

    In plain wordsIn mice with established asthma, thymulin gene therapy normalized abnormal lung mechanics.

    Outcome
    DecreaseLung mechanical dysregulation
    Study

    mousen: not reported in source

    Established allergic asthma
    Outcome group
    Respiratory function · Respiratory

    Source sentences

    Summary
    Twenty days after the treatment, we found that all key pathologic features found in the asthmatic lung, including chronic inflammation, pulmonary fibrosis, and mechanical dysregulation, were normalized.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    After the disease was fully and stably established, we treated mice intratracheally with a single dose of thymulin-expressing plasmids delivered via nanoparticles engineered to have a unique ability to penetrate the airway mucus barrier.

    In this study, Thymulin (serum thymic factor) was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Thymulin (serum thymic factor).

AI wrote and checked these results. AI can make mistakes, so check important results against the source.

Version history

PepBank keeps every version of the data on this study. Status changes from Retraction Watch, Europe PMC and Crossref are listed with their source.

  1. Version 3Current

    21 Oct 2026, 15:58 UTC

    Study results updated

  2. Version 2

    21 Oct 2026, 13:55 UTC

    Study data updated · source update from Europe PMC

  3. Version 1

    21 Oct 2026, 12:50 UTC

    First added · source update from Europe PMC

Subjects

Terms as the source lists them.

PepBank is a research reference. Talk to a doctor before you use any peptide.