Thymus

Tissue Immune

Where T-cells mature. It shrinks steadily with age, which is the premise behind every thymic peptide: restore the training ground rather than the cells.

Relationships

3 connections

Thymus expressed in

Toll-like Receptor 2

Part of how the immune system recognises a bacterial surface. Thymosin alpha-1 acts through it and TLR9 to push dendritic cells and T-cells toward a coordinated response.

Toll-like Receptor 9

Recognises bacterial and viral DNA inside the cell. The second of the two toll-like receptors thymosin alpha-1 is described as working through.

Thymus stimulates

T-Cell Maturation

Turning immature precursors into working T-cells in the thymus. It falls off with age, and it is what every thymic peptide claims to restore.

Beyond this page

Thymus also connects to 4 entries in the applied modules, covering supplements, compounds, hormones and food sources. Those carry the mechanism and the evidence tier behind each link, and they are part of client coaching.

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