Increased apoptosis of bone marrow pre-B cells in old mice associated with their low number

International Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1385-1392

  Kirman, Irena ^a   Zhao, Kesheng ^a   Wang, Yafang ^a   Szabo, Paul ^a   Telford, William ^b   Weksler, Marc E ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; B cells; BCL X(L); IL 7

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BCL-X PROTEIN; BONE MARROW CELLS; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-7; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031719473     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/10.9.1385     Document Type: Article

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