Impaired natural killer cell function as a consequence of aging

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 13-25

  Albright, Julia W ^a   Albright, Joseph F ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Innate immunity; Macrophages; Natural killer cells; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; LIFESPAN; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA MUSCULI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA MUSCULI;

EID: 0031963448     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(97)00099-5     Document Type: Article

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