Immunogenic cell death, DAMPs and prothymosin α as a putative anticancer immune response biomarker

AI Birmpilis, A Paschalis, A Mourkakis, P Christodoulou… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
The new and increasingly studied concept of immunogenic cell death (ICD) revealed a
previously unknown perspective of the various regulated cell death (RCD) modalities …

From lab to bedside: emerging clinical applications of thymosin α1

AL Goldstein, AL Goldstein - Expert opinion on biological therapy, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Thymosin α1 (Tα1), a synthetic version of a thymic-derived biological response
modifier was the first of the thymosins in clinical use. Tα1 is approved in over 35 countries for …

Molecular cross-talk between the NRF2/KEAP1 signaling pathway, autophagy, and apoptosis

TM Stępkowski, MK Kruszewski - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
Oxidative stress, perturbations in the cellular thiol level and redox balance, affects many
cellular functions, including signaling pathways. This, in turn, may cause the induction of …

Prothymosin. alpha.: A biologically active protein with random coil conformation

K Gast, H Damaschun, K Eckert, K Schulze-Forster… - Biochemistry, 1995 - ACS Publications
Revised Manuscript Received August 7, 1995® abstract: Prothymosin is an acidic protein
with an unusual amino acid composition. Though its exact function is not yet known, its high …

Natively unfolded human prothymosin α adopts partially folded collapsed conformation at acidic pH

VN Uversky, JR Gillespie, IS Millett, AV Khodyakova… - Biochemistry, 1999 - ACS Publications
Prothymosin α has previously been shown to be unfolded at neutral pH, thus belonging to a
growing family of “natively unfolded” proteins. The structural properties and conformational …

Effects of molecular crowding on the dynamics of intrinsically disordered proteins

EA Cino, M Karttunen, WY Choy - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Inside cells, the concentration of macromolecules can reach up to 400 g/L. In such crowded
environments, proteins are expected to behave differently than in vitro. It has been shown …

Immune modulation with thymosin alpha 1 treatment

R King, C Tuthill - Vitamins and hormones, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Thymosin alpha 1 (Ta1) is a peptide originally isolated from thymic tissue as the
compound responsible for restoring immune function to thymectomized mice. Ta1 has a …

The Thymosins

E Hannappel, T Huff - Vitamins & Hormones, 2003 - books.google.com
The Thymosins Page 278 7 The Thymosins Prothymosin, Parathymosin, and-Thymosins:
Structure and Function Ewald Hannappel and Thomas Huff Institute for Biochemistry/Faculty …

Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles: Effects on Development and Male Reproductive System

EM Scalisi, R Pecoraro, A Salvaggio, F Capparucci… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2-NPs) are used intensively. Thanks to their extremely
small size (1–100 nm), TiO2-NPs are more absorbable by living organisms; consequently …

Proteomics and organoid culture reveal the underlying pathogenesis of Hashimoto's thyroiditis

H Xiao, J Liang, S Liu, Q Zhang, F Xie, X Kong… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is an autoimmune disease, and its incidence continues to rise.
Although scientists have studied this disease for many years and discovered the potential …