Genes, immunity, and senescence: Looking for a link

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 160, Issue , 1997, Pages 159-170

  Doria, Gino ^a   Frasca, Daniela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; RECOMBINANT CYTOKINE;

AGING; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LIFESPAN; LYMPHOMA; MEMORY CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; MICE; RECEPTORS, CYTOKINE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031464631     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1997.tb01036.x     Document Type: Review

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