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Thymulin

Thymulin is a thymic hormone that needs zinc for its activity; serum thymulin activity fell in mild human zinc deficiency and was restored by zinc supplementation, making it a sensitive indicator of zinc status.

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PubChem 3085284
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Facteur thymique serique
Nonapeptide-thymulin
Serum thymic factor (FTS)
Zinc-thymulin

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What the evidence says

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emerging — human data exists, and it is thin or contested

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created page created as 'Thymulin' with aliases Serum thymic factor (FTS), Facteur thymique serique, Zinc-thymulin, Nonapeptide-thymulin · 2026-09-27 12:04 · somebody
kind set kind set to peptide: palette r2 · 2026-09-27 12:04 · somebody
fact added identity: PubChem CID 3085284: Nonathymulin, C33H54N12O15, 858.9 g/mol. · 2026-09-27 12:04 · somebody
fact added identity: CAS registry number 63958-90-7. · 2026-09-27 12:04 · somebody
fact added identity: IUPAC name: (2S)-4-amino-2-[[(2S)-2-[[2-[[2-[[(2S)-5-amino-2-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-6-amino-2-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-5-oxopyrrolidine- · 2026-09-27 12:04 · somebody
fact added summary: Thymulin is a thymic hormone that needs zinc for its activity; serum thymulin activity fell in mild human zinc deficienc · 2026-09-27 12:04 · somebody
fact added mechanism: Interleukin 1 stimulated human thymic epithelial cells to take up zinc and to secrete thymulin, and the zinc-thymulin co · 2026-09-27 12:04 · somebody
citation added pmid 3262625 cited as emerging: Serum thymulin activity falls in mild human zinc deficiency and recovers with zinc · 2026-09-27 12:04 · somebody
citation added pmid 1502195 cited as preclinical: IL-1 regulates zinc-thymulin secretion by human thymic epithelial cells · 2026-09-27 12:04 · somebody

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