Hormone
thymopoietin
Subclass of:
Thymus Hormones
Definitions related to thymopoietins:
  • Polypeptide hormone secreted by thymic epithelial cells; promotes differentiation of precursor lymphocytes into thymocytes.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (tmpo gene product) A protein encoded by the TMPO gene.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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