Thymocytopoiesis in aging: The bone marrow-thymus axis

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-155

  Globerson, Amiela ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Cell cycle; Stem cells; Stroma cells; T lymphocytes; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

AGING; BONE MARROW; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0031024268     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(96)00747-9     Document Type: Article

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