Cytometric analysis of immunosenescence

Cytometry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 297-313

  Cossarizza, Andrea ^a   Ortolani, Claudio ^b   Monti, Daniela ^a   Franceschi, Claudio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile SS Giovanni e Paolo   (Italy)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Centenarians; Flow cytometry; Immunosenescence; Longevity

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LONGEVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIBODY FORMATION; APOPTOSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030889678     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19970401)27:4<297::AID-CYTO1>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Review

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