Interaction between thymosin,testosterone and estradiol on natural killer cell activity in mice.
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Tohoku University Medical Press in The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 136 (4) , 367-372
- https://doi.org/10.1620/tjem.136.367
Abstract
Thymosin fraction 5, an immunopotentiating thymic preparation, significantly increases the cytotoxic capacity of natural killer cells isolated from the spleen. This stimulation is inhibited by testosterone and estradiol.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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