Serum thymic factor in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis patients.
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M Groenewoud
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Effect of a human serum thymic factor on hydrocortisone-treated thymocytes.
A human serum thymic factors (SF) stimulated cyclic adenosine-3' ,5'-monophosphate (cAMP) synthesis in normal mouse thymocytes. Such stimulation was no longer observed when thymocytes were depleted of hydrocortisone (HC)-sensitive cells. It was concluded that SF selectively stimulate cAMP in HC-sensitive cells. Furthermore, incubation of thymocytes with SF enlarged the population of HC-resistant thymocytes. These results suggest that SF might act on HC-sensitive thymocytes increasing their cellular cAMP level and inducing their transformation in HC-resistant cells.
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Thymosin-induced human serum factor increasing cyclic AMP.
Thymosin has virtually no in vitro effect on cyclic AMP levels in thymocytes and seems not to react with either the beta-adrenergic receptor or with the putative human serum thymic factor (SF) receptor. However, when thymosin is injected into patients lacking SF activity, it induces the appearance of a serum factor which increases cellular cyclic AMP levels in thymocytes in vitro. This factor appears to act on a membrane site distinct from the beta-adrenergic receptors.
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