Medical term:

thymopoietin


thymopoietin

 [thi″mo-poi´ĕ-tin]
a polypeptide hormone secreted by the thymus; it induces the proliferation of lymphocyte precursors and their differentiation into T-lymphocytes.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

thy·mo·poi·et·in

(thī'mō-poy-ē'tin), [MIM*188380]
Formerly called thymin; a polypeptide hormone that induces differentiation of lymphocytes to thymocytes.
See also: thymic lymphopoietic factor.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

TMPO

A gene on chromosome 12q22 that encodes thymopoietin, which may help direct nuclear lamina assembly and maintain the nuclear envelope’s structural organisation. Thymopoietin may act as a receptor for attachment of lamin filaments to the inner nuclear membrane.

Molecular pathology
Defects in TMPO cause cardiomyopathy dilated type 1.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

thymopoietin

 [thi″mo-poi´ĕ-tin]
a polypeptide hormone secreted by the thymus; it induces the proliferation of lymphocyte precursors and their differentiation into T-lymphocytes.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

thy·mo·poi·et·in

(thī'mō-poy-ē'tin), [MIM*188380]
Formerly called thymin; a polypeptide hormone that induces differentiation of lymphocytes to thymocytes.
See also: thymic lymphopoietic factor.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

TMPO

A gene on chromosome 12q22 that encodes thymopoietin, which may help direct nuclear lamina assembly and maintain the nuclear envelope’s structural organisation. Thymopoietin may act as a receptor for attachment of lamin filaments to the inner nuclear membrane.

Molecular pathology
Defects in TMPO cause cardiomyopathy dilated type 1.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

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