Thymopoietins

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"Thymopoietins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Two closely related polypeptides (molecular weight 7,000) isolated from the thymus gland. These hormones induce the differentiation of prothymocytes to thymocytes within the thymus. They also cause a delayed impairment of neuromuscular transmission in vivo and are therefore believed to be the agent responsible for myasthenia gravis.

Descriptor ID	D013946
MeSH Number(s)	D06.472.910.800
Concept/Terms	Thymopoietins Thymopoietins Thymins Thymopoietin II Thymopoietin II II, Thymopoietin TP-49 TP 49 Thymopoietin I Thymopoietin I I, Thymopoietin

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Thymopoietins".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06]
Hormones [D06.472]
Thymus Hormones [D06.472.910]
Thymopoietins [D06.472.910.800]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Thymopoietins".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Thymopoietins".

Thymopoietins
Thymopentin

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