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Aging and Thymosin Alpha-1
- Maria A. Simonova,
- Igor Ivanov,
- Natalia S. Shoshina,
- Alina M. Komyakova,
- Dmitry A. Makarov,
- Denis S. Baranovskii,
- Ilya D. Klabukov,
- Kristina P. Telepenina,
- Dmitrii A. Atiakshin and
- Vasiliy N. Stepanenko
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Aging is characterized by immune decline, mainly due to thymic involution—the age-related shrinkage of the thymus gland. This leads to reduced T-cell production, chronic inflammation, and increased susceptibility to age-related diseases. Thymos...