title: Syntheses of two deacetyl-thymosin alpha(1) analogues and their effects on low E-rosette-forming lymphocytes of uraemic patients.
abstract: Two deacetyl-thymosin alpha(1) analogues containing Phe (4Br) or D-Phe (4Br) residue-[D-Phe(4Br)(21)]deacetyl-thymosin alpha(1) and [Phe(4Br)(21)]deacetyl-thymosin alpha(1), respectively-were synthesized by the manual solid-phase method and their immunological effects on the low E-rosette-forming lymphocytes of uraemic patients were examined. One of the synthetic analogues, [Phe(4Br)(21)deacetyl-thymosin alpha(1), demonstrated a restorative effect on the low E-rosette-forming lymphocytes of uraemic patients, which was stronger than that of deacetyl-thymosin alpha(1), but the other analogue, [D-Phe(4Br)(21)]deacetyl-thymosin alpha(1), showed no restorative effect under the same conditions.
authors.affiliation: Kidney Research Laboratory Kojinkai, 1-6 Tsutsujigaoka 2-chome Miyagino-ku Sendal 980 Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abiko
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sekino