T lymphocyte proliferative capability to defined stimuli and costimulatory CD28 pathway is not impaired in healthy centenarians

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 127-136

  Sansoni, Paolo ^a   Fagnoni, Francesco ^a   Vescovini, Rosanna ^a   Mazzola, Marco ^a   Brianti, Vincenzo ^a   Bologna, Giovanni ^a   Nigro, Enrica ^a   Lavagetto, Giampaolo ^a   Cossarizza, Andrea ^b   Monti, Daniela ^b   Franceschi, Claudio ^b,c   Passeri, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CD28; Centenarians; Proliferation; T cells

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CD3; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIGENS, CD28; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOGENS; REFERENCE VALUES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030976833     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(97)01887-3     Document Type: Article

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