Age-associated changes in lymphoid and antigen-presenting cell functions in mice immunized with Trypanosoma cruzi antigens

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 39-47

  Maletto, Belkys A ^a   Gruppi, Adriana ^a   Moron, Gabriel ^a   Pistoresi Palencia, Maria C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adoptive transference; Aging; Antigen presenting cells; Trypanosoma cruzi antigen

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPH NODE CELL; LYMPHOID CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PERITONEUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0029988952     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(96)01719-8     Document Type: Article

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