Effects of the aged microenvironment on CD4+ T cell maturation

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 75-88

  Thoman, Marilyn L ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cd4+ T cell; Immunosenescence; Memory T cell; Naive T cell; T cell maturation; Thymopoiesis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHIMERA; FEMALE; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REGENERATION;

EID: 0031009564     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(97)00046-8     Document Type: Article

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