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The involution of the thymus gland and subsequent decline of thymic hormone serum levels is involved, to a considerable extent, in the development of age-associated immune deficiency (Weksler and Siskind, 1984). Thymus grafting or substitutive therapy with thymic hormones was reported to improve and/or restore age-associated immune defects in experimental animals (Doria et al., 1986).
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Meroni, P.L. et al. (1990). Immunopotentiating Activity of Thymopentin Treatment in Elderly Subjects. In: Goldstein, A.L. (eds) Biomedical Advances in Aging. GWUMC Department of Biochemistry Annual Spring Symposia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0513-2_54
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