Cytokines and impaired CD8+ CTL activity among elderly persons and the enhancing effect of IL-12

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 94, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 25-39

  Mbawuike, Innocent N ^a   Acuna, Catherine L ^a   Walz, Kirsten C ^a   Atmar, Robert L ^a   Greenberg, Stephen B ^a   Couch, Robert B ^a  

^a Acute Viral Respiratory Disease Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

CD8+ CTL deficiency; Elderly humans; Th1 cytokine; Th2 cytokine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4;

AGED; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL STIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 0030925869     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(96)01855-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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