Thymopentin is an immunostimulant. As such, it has been used in several clinical studies in the early years of the AIDS pandemic (from 1983 to 1985). Thymopentin helped to improve immunological condition in several patients for a brief time under specific treatments.[1][2][3]
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Other names | L-arginyl-L-lysyl-L-α-aspartyl-L-valyl-L-tyrosine |
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Formula | C30H49N9O9 |
Molar mass | 679.776 g·mol−1 |
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It is a thymic polypeptide.[5]
References
edit- ^ Mascart-Lemone F, Huygen K, Clumeck N, Brenez D, Bolla K, Duchateau J (1983). "Stimulation of cellular function by thymopentin (TP-5) in three AIDS patients". Lancet. 322 (8352): 735–736. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(83)92271-7. PMID 6193382. S2CID 519367.
- ^ Clumeck N, Van de Perre P, Mascart-Lemone F, Cran S, Bolla K, Duchateau J (1984). "Preliminary results on clinical and immunological effects of thymopentin in AIDS". Int J Clin Pharmacol Res. 4 (6): 459–463. PMID 6398315.
- ^ Clumeck N, Cran S, Van de Perre P, Mascart-Lemone F, Duchateau J, Bolla K (1985). "Thymopentin treatment in AIDS and pre-AIDS patients". Surv Immunol Res. 4 (1): supp1 58–62. doi:10.1007/BF02919057. PMID 3898293. S2CID 36555170.
- ^ Liu Z, Zheng X, Wang J, Wang E (2007). Egli M (ed.). "Molecular analysis of thymopentin binding to HLA-DR molecules". PLOS ONE. 2 (12): e1348. Bibcode:2007PLoSO...2.1348L. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001348. PMC 2137936. PMID 18159232.
- ^ Peng Y, Chen Z, Yu W, et al. (July 2008). "Effects of thymic polypeptides on the thymopoiesis of mouse embryonic stem cells". Cell Biology International. 32 (10): 1265–71. doi:10.1016/j.cellbi.2008.07.011. PMID 18692582. S2CID 24144448.