Thymocyte progenitors and T cell development in aging

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 94, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 103-111

  Yu, Shiguang ^a,b   Abel, Loya ^a   Globerson, Amiela ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Hematopoiesis; Pgp 1; Stem cells; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD44; ANTIGENS, CD8; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHENOTYPE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030997310     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(97)01868-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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