FROM THE SEARCH FOR A LYMPHOEYTIC CHALONE TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE SERUM THYMIC-FACTOR (FTS)

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 292  (5) , 403-404
Abstract
Looking for a lymphocytic chalone in bovine spleen extracts, an immunosuppressive peptide was isolated whose biochemical and biological properties are identical to those of the serum thymic factor. This factor appeared to be a regulator of the humoral immune response.