Perforins in human cytolytic cells: The effect of age

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 195-209

  Mariani, Erminia ^a,b   Sgobbi, Silvia ^a   Meneghetti, Alessandra ^a   Tadolini, Manuela ^a   Tarozzi, Andrea ^a   Sinoppi, Marco ^c   Cattini, Luca ^a   Facchini, Andrea ^a,b  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Ist di Ricovero e Cura Giovanni   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cytolytic cells; Cytoplasm perforin; Flow cytometry; Lytic activity

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; PERFORIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 0030595983     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(96)01829-5     Document Type: Article

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