A synthetic peptide fragment of thymosin beta-4, researched for wound healing and tissue repair.
Journal of nanobiotechnology|2014|Kumar A et al.|16 citations
After a cardiac event, proper treatment and care of the damaged tissue is crucial in restoring optimal cardiac function and preventing future cardiac events. Recently, thymosin β4 has been found to play a vital role in cardiac cell health and develop…
Animal Study
PMID: 24661328
The International journal of developmental biology|2013|Shiotsuka M et al.|13 citations
This study presents the expression pattern and functions of thymosin beta 10 (Tbeta10), a Tbeta4 homologue during the development of mouse lower first molars. An in situ signal of Tbeta10 was detected on embryonic day 10.5 (E10.5)-E15.5 mainly in den…
Animal Study
PMID: 24623079
Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry|2013|Kwok W et al.|29 citations
In recent years, there has been an ongoing focus for both human and equine doping control laboratories on developing detection methods to control the misuse of peptide therapeutics. Immunoaffinity purification is a common extraction method to isolate…
In Vitro
PMID: 23318763
Journal of extracellular vesicles|2013|Pope S, Lässer C|63 citations
BACKGROUND: Until recently thought to be of little significance unless occurring during pregnancy, Toxoplasma gondii infection of human hosts is now known to play a larger role in mental health and is a growing concern in the health care community. W…
Animal Study
PMID: 24363837
International journal of molecular sciences|2013|Ock M, Cha H, Choi Y|25 citations
Trichinella spiralis has been reported to induce angiogenesis for nutrient supply and waste disposal by the induction of the angiogenic molecule vascular endothelial cell growth factor (VEGF) during nurse cell formation. However, the action mechanism…
Review
PMID: 24351861
Frontiers in pharmacology|2013|Bao W et al.|21 citations
Thymosin beta 4 (Tβ4) was previously shown to reduce infarct size and improve contractile performance in chronic myocardial ischemic injury via two phases of action: an acute phase, just after injury, when Tβ4 preserves ischemic myocardium via antiap…
Animal Study
PMID: 24348421
[Zhonghua yan ke za zhi] Chinese journal of ophthalmology|2013|Li X et al.|1 citation
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of thymosin β4 (Tβ4) against oxidative damage in rabbit corneal epithelial cells in vitro. METHODS: Experimental study. Primary cultures of rabbit corneal epithelial cells were isolated…
Animal StudyIn Vitro
PMID: 24246811
Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)|2013|Nemolato S et al.|4 citations
OBJECTIVE: Thymosin beta 4 (Tβ4) is a ubiquitous peptide that plays pivotal roles in the cytoskeletal system and in cell differentiation. Recently, a role for Tβ4 has been proposed in experimental and human carcinogenesis, including gastrointestinal…
PMID: 24141838
Drug design, development and therapy|2013|Xu T et al.|13 citations
OBJECTIVE: Thymosin beta 4 (Tβ4) is a peptide with 43 amino acids that is critical for repair and remodeling tissues on the skin, eye, heart, and neural system following injury. To fully realize its utility as a treatment for disease caused by injury…
Animal Study
PMID: 24109178
PloS one|2013|Yan B et al.|24 citations
Thymosin β4 (Tβ4), a small G-actin sequestering peptide, mediates cell proliferation, migration, and angiogenesis. Whether embryonic stem (ES) cells, overexpressing Tβ4, readily differentiate into cardiac myocytes in vitro and in vivo and enhance car…
Animal StudyIn Vitro
PMID: 24086577
Circulation|2013|Ye L et al.|52 citations
BACKGROUND: Thymosin β4 (Tβ4) has been shown to enhance the survival of cultured cardiomyocytes. Here, we investigated whether the cytoprotective effects of Tβ4 can increase the effectiveness of transplanted swine mesenchymal stem cells (sMSCs) for c…
Animal Study
PMID: 24030419
Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological genetics and physiology|2013|Rengaraj D et al.|8 citations
Thymosin β4 (TMSB4X) belongs to a class of highly conserved small proteins that are present in a high abundance in immune tissues, where it participates in various biological activities, including anti-inflammation, wound healing, apoptosis, and cell…
Animal Study
PMID: 24039044
Intrinsically disordered proteins|2013|Tantos A et al.|11 citations
Thymosine β4 (Tß4) is a 43 amino acid long intrinsically disordered protein (IDP), which was initially identified as an actin-binding and sequestering molecule. Later it was described to have multiple other functions, such as regulation of endothelia…
PMID: 28516021
The protein journal|2013|App C et al.|2 citations
Thymosin β4 is the prototype of β-thymosins and is present in almost every mammalian cell. It is regarded to be the main intracellular G-actin sequestering peptide. Thymosin β4 serves as a specific glutaminyl substrate for guinea pig transglutaminase…
PMID: 23975143
PloS one|2013|Pichiri G et al.|6 citations
Thymosin beta-4 (Tβ4) is an ubiquitous multi-functional regenerative peptide, related to many critical biological processes, with a dynamic and flexible conformation which may influence its functions and its subcellular distribution. For these reason…
Animal StudyIn Vitro
PMID: 23967050
Biochemistry|2013|Knop J et al.|4 citations
Thymosin β4 sequesters actin by formation of a 1:1 complex. This transient binding in the complex was stabilized by formation of covalent bonds using the cross-linking agents 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide and a microbial transglutamin…
PMID: 23924371
Electrophoresis|2013|Rossetti D et al.|9 citations
Thymosin β4 (Tβ4) is a peptide present in almost any tissue and in extracellular media in mammals, having multiple amazing functions as wound healing, stimulation of angiogenesis, and suppression of inflammation. This study describes its determinatio…
PMID: 23857244
PloS one|2013|Wen Q et al.|45 citations
We sought to identify serological markers capable of diagnosing preeclampsia (PE). We performed serum peptide analysis (liquid chromatography mass spectrometry) of 62 unique samples from 31 PE patients and 31 healthy pregnant controls, with two-third…
PMID: 23840341
Nature communications|2013|Evans M et al.|62 citations
The downstream consequences of inflammation in the adult mammalian heart are formation of a non-functional scar, pathological remodelling and heart failure. In zebrafish, hydrogen peroxide released from a wound is the initial instructive chemotactic…
Animal Study
PMID: 23820300
Regulatory peptides|2013|Wei M et al.|13 citations
OBJECTIVE: Thymosin β4, a member of a large family of thymic proteins, plays an important role in the process of articular cartilage degeneration which is a common cause of osteoarthritis (OA). This study aims to determine thymosin β4 levels in the s…
PMID: 23816466