Effect of the thymus storage factor (TSF) on the blood sugar and insulin level.

摘要: The rat thymus extract prepared with physiological NaCl solution causes--by its TSF component--an increase of the blood sugar level. After loading in TSF-treated animals, level becomes gradually higher and insulin secretion diminishes as compared to control animals. Thymectomy moderates but does not inhibit decreasing effect on Consequently, primarily causes a decrease which correlates rise