Excessive apoptosis of mature T lymphocytes is a characteristic feature of human immune senescence

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 25-38

  Phelouzat, Marie Anne ^a   Arbogast, Agnès ^a   Laforge, Térèse ^a   Quadri, Rafael A ^a   Proust, Jacques J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Apoptosis; Cell activation; Human T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; DNA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030009805     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(96)01714-9     Document Type: Article

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