INVIVO ENHANCEMENT OF NK-CELL ACTIVITY BY THYMOPENTIN

被引:13
作者
HU, C
RADELLI, L
SCORZA, R
BONARA, P
PEREGO, R
FANTUZZI, G
机构
[1] ITALFARMACO SPA,DEPT MED,MILAN,ITALY
[2] UNIV MILAN,INST INTERNAL MED INFECT DIS & IMMUNOPATHOL,I-20122 MILAN,ITALY
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY | 1990年 / 12卷 / 02期
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10.1016/0192-0561(90)90053-P
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Natural killer (NK) activities of fresh and IL-2-precultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were investigated in 13 elderly subjects before and after thymopentin (TP-5) treatment and in 12 age-matched controls. The NK activity of fresh PBMC was found to be significantly higher in subjects given TP-5 at 50 mg s.c. three times per week for one month. Conversely, this type of treatment with TP-5 did not significantly modifie the cytotoxic capacity of IL-2-precultured PBMC. © 1990.
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