ISSN:
1573-8221
Keywords:
thymus
;
fractions of thymus
;
immunoglobulins
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The effect of a purified acetic acid extract of thymus (“thymarin”) and of three of its fractions obtained by ion-exchange chromatography, and consisting of individual substances of polypeptide nature, on the immune response was studied in mice immunized with sheep's erythrocytes. Thymarin and one of its fractions with a molecular weight of about 5000 were shown to have a marked stimulating action on the thymus-dependent immune response (the formation of cells producing IgM and IgG antibodies and the circulating antibody level).
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00798524
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