Lineage-specific telomere shortening and unaltered capacity for telomerase expression in human T and B lymphocytes with age

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1191-1196

  Son, Ni Huiping ^a   Murray, Shannon ^a   Yanovski, Jack ^c   Hodes, Richard J ^b,d   Weng, Nan Ping ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0012950854     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.3.1191     Document Type: Article

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