Effect of glutaurine on vitamin A and prednisolone treated thymus cultures.
The hormone of the parathyroid gland, Glutaurine (gamma-L-glutamyl-taurine) exerts on rat thymus cultures an effect synergistic with vitamin A and antagonistic to prednisolone. When applied in itself, it increased the vitality and macrophage reaction of thymus cultures.
D000818:Animals; D003470:Culture Media; D046508:Culture Techniques; D004336:Drug Antagonism; D004357:Drug Synergism; D006728:Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000494:pharmacology*
D003470:Culture Media; D006728:Hormones; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D014801:Vitamin A; D011239:Prednisolone