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Research question

What is TB-500, and how does it relate to thymosin beta-4?

The short answer

Answered from published research literature only. It describes what that literature examines; it is not a statement about use in people. TB-500 is investigational research material and is not an approved product.

TB-500 is a synthetic, N-acetylated seven–amino-acid fragment. The same commercial name is also used for full-length thymosin beta-4, a 43-residue protein, so the name alone does not determine which molecule is in a given vial.1285225817468232

The published literature under the beta-thymosin heading concerns actin binding and the structural biology of the family. The seven-residue fragment and the full-length protein are different molecules within it.1749524812852258

Cited literature

  1. Thymosin beta 4 interactionsBubb MR · Vitamins and Hormones · 2003PMID 12852258 ↗
  2. beta-ThymosinsHannappel E · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2007PMID 17468232 ↗
  3. The beta-thymosin enigmaSun HQ, et al. · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2007PMID 17495248 ↗

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