2. One of the functions of thymopentin is to induce T cell differentiation. It can selectively induce Thy- 1- thymocytes to transform into Thy- 1+ T cells. The increase of intracellular cAMP level mediates the differentiation of T cells.
3. With the rapid development of molecular biology, biochemistry, medicinal chemistry and other technologies, the research on peptides has made amazing and epoch-making progress, which has attracted more and more attention. It has been involved in the fields of hormones, nerves, cell growth and reproduction.
4. Polypeptide will play a great role in improving and adjusting people's lifestyle, and a number of polypeptide drugs such as TP-5 have appeared, showing a strong market prospect. Peptides and protein drugs are important drugs in the international market today, and are gradually becoming the mainstream direction of drug development in this century.
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Types suitable for thymopentin therapy:
(1) for1chronic hepatitis B patients over 8 years old. Because 18 years old, the thymus began to shrink and the cellular immune function declined.
(2) various primary or secondary T cell defects (such as congenital immunodeficiency in children).
(3) Some autoimmune diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus).
(4) Thymosin is clinically used for primary and secondary immunodeficiency, immune dysfunction of patients with malignant tumors, patients before and after major surgery (beneficial to anti-infection), hepatitis B, refractory tuberculosis, autoimmune diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematosus, etc.). ), type 2 diabetes, menopausal syndrome and the elderly with low immune function.
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