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  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,547 Views
15 Pages

Thymosin α1 Interacts with Hyaluronic Acid Electrostatically by Its Terminal Sequence LKEKK

  • Walter Mandaliti,
  • Ridvan Nepravishta,
  • Francesca Pica,
  • Paola Sinibaldi Vallebona,
  • Enrico Garaci and
  • Maurizio Paci

27 October 2017

Thymosin α1 (Tα1), is a peptidic hormone, whose immune regulatory properties have been demonstrated both in vitro and in vivo and approved in different countries for treatment of several viral infections and cancers. Tα1 assumes a conformation in neg...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Hyaluronic Acid and its Derivatives for Biomedical Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
34,709 Views
16 Pages

Thymosin α1 and Its Role in Viral Infectious Diseases: The Mechanism and Clinical Application

  • Nana Tao,
  • Xie Xu,
  • Yuyuan Ying,
  • Shiyu Hu,
  • Qingru Sun,
  • Guiyuan Lv and
  • Jianli Gao

17 April 2023

Thymosin α1 (Tα1) is an immunostimulatory peptide that is commonly used as an immune enhancer in viral infectious diseases such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Tα1 can influence the funct...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Protein Structure, Function and Interaction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
12,641 Views
17 Pages

24 December 2020

Thymosin α1 (Tα1) is an immunostimulatory peptide for the treatment of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections and used as an immune enhancer, which also offers prospects in the context of COVID-19 infections and ca...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Peptides for Health Benefits 2020)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,876 Views
15 Pages

Interferon α2–Thymosin α1 Fusion Protein (IFNα2–Tα1): A Genetically Engineered Fusion Protein with Enhanced Anticancer and Antiviral Effect

  • Muhammad Shahbaz Aslam,
  • Syed Zohaib Javaid Zaidi,
  • Rabail Hassan Toor,
  • Iram Gull,
  • Muhammad Mudassir Iqbal,
  • Zaigham Abbas,
  • Imran Tipu,
  • Aftab Ahmed,
  • Muhammad Amin Athar and
  • Sammer-ul Hassan
  • + 1 author

15 June 2021

Human interferon α2 (IFNα2) and thymosin α1 (Tα1) are therapeutic proteins used for the treatment of viral infections and different types of cancer. Both IFNα2 and Tα1 show a synergic effect in their activities when used in combination. Furthermore,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biopolymer-Based Materials for Biomedical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,378 Views
17 Pages

Composite Interventions on Outcomes of Severely and Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19 in Shanghai, China

  • Jiasheng Shao,
  • Rong Fan,
  • Chengnan Guo,
  • Xuyuan Huang,
  • Runsheng Guo,
  • Fengdi Zhang,
  • Jianrong Hu,
  • Gang Huang and
  • Liou Cao

Background: The sixty-day effects of initial composite interventions for the treatment of severely and critically ill patients with COVID-19 are not fully assessed. Methods: Using a Bayesian piecewise exponential model, we analyzed the 60-day mortali...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Public Health Microbiology 2023)
  • Article
  • Open Access
91 Citations
7,498 Views
11 Pages

21 February 2019

β-thymosin is known for having 43 amino acids, being water-soluble, having a light molecular weight and ubiquitous polypeptide. The biological activities of β-thymosin are diverse and include the promotion of wound healing, reduction of inf...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Pharmacological Potential of Marine-Derived Peptides and Proteins)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
791 Views
17 Pages

Cross-Expression of Thymic and Parathyroid Hormone Receptors Supports the Hypothesis of a Parathyroid–Thymus Port System

  • Maria-Paula Comanescu,
  • Otilia Boișteanu,
  • Delia Hînganu,
  • Ludmila Lozneanu,
  • Fabian Cezar Lupu,
  • Roxana Grigorovici,
  • Alexandru Grigorovici,
  • Tiberiu Lunguleac and
  • Marius Valeriu Hînganu

28 November 2025

The thymus and parathyroid glands share a common embryological origin from the third pharyngeal pouch, yet their potential morphological and functional interconnections remain insufficiently explored. We conducted a comparative study integrating immu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 25th Anniversary of IJMS: Advances in Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,318 Views
10 Pages

The amount of bonds between constituting parts of a protein aggregate were determined in wild type (WT) and A53T α-synuclein (αS) oligomers, amyloids and in the complex of thymosin-β4–cytoplasmic domain of stabilin-2 (Tβ4-stabilin CTD). A53T αS aggre...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Amazing World of IDPs in Human Diseases II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,330 Views
18 Pages

22 November 2022

The primary cilium (PC) is a microtubule-based antenna-like organelle projecting from the surface of the cell membrane. We previously reported that PC formation could be regulated by nephronophthisis 3 (NPHP3) expression followed by its interaction w...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,982 Views
20 Pages

Targeted Deletion of Thymosin Beta 4 in Hepatic Stellate Cells Ameliorates Liver Fibrosis in a Transgenic Mouse Model

  • Jieun Kim,
  • Chanbin Lee,
  • Jinsol Han,
  • Hayeong Jeong,
  • Sihyung Wang,
  • Yung Hyun Choi and
  • Youngmi Jung

18 June 2023

Liver fibrosis is the most common feature of liver disease, and activated hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are the main contributors to liver fibrosis. Thus, finding key targets that modulate HSC activation is important to prevent liver fibrosis. Previo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Liver Injury and Regeneration: From Basic to Translational Research)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,431 Views
26 Pages

Pediatric Brain Tumors: Signatures from the Intact Proteome

  • Diana Valeria Rossetti,
  • Ilaria Inserra,
  • Alessia Nesticò,
  • Federica Vincenzoni,
  • Federica Iavarone,
  • Irene Messana,
  • Massimo Castagnola,
  • Luca Massimi,
  • Gianpiero Tamburrini and
  • Claudia Desiderio
  • + 1 author

The present investigation aimed to explore the intact proteome of tissues of pediatric brain tumors of different WHO grades and localizations, including medulloblastoma, pilocytic astrocytoma, and glioblastoma, in comparison with the available data o...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Oncology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,755 Views
25 Pages

Photorhabdus luminescens TccC3 Toxin Targets the Dynamic Population of F-Actin and Impairs Cell Cortex Integrity

  • Songyu Dong,
  • Weili Zheng,
  • Nicholas Pinkerton,
  • Jacob Hansen,
  • Svetlana B. Tikunova,
  • Jonathan P. Davis,
  • Sarah M. Heissler,
  • Elena Kudryashova,
  • Edward H. Egelman and
  • Dmitri S. Kudryashov

Due to its essential role in cellular processes, actin is a common target for bacterial toxins. One such toxin, TccC3, is an effector domain of the ABC-toxin produced by entomopathogenic bacteria of Photorhabdus spp. Unlike other actin-targeting toxi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cytoskeletoxins: Bacterial and Viral Effector Proteins Targeting the Cytoskeleton 2.0)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,705 Views
34 Pages

Expression and Immune Response Profiles in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) During Pathogen Challenge and Infection

  • Ahmed A. Saleh,
  • Asmaa Z. Mohamed,
  • Shaaban S. Elnesr,
  • Asmaa F. Khafaga,
  • Hamada Elwan,
  • Mohamed F. Abdel-Aziz,
  • Asmaa A. Khaled and
  • Elsayed E. Hafez

28 November 2024

Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) are economically significant species in Mediterranean countries, serving essential roles in the aquaculture industry due to high market demand and nutritional value. Th...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Immunology)