Natural killer cell levels in older adult mice are gender-dependent: Thyroxin is a gender-independent natural killer cell stimulant

Natural Immunity

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 165-174

  Mahoney, M X ^a   Currier, N L ^a   Miller, S C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Natural killer cells; Spleen; Thyroxin

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDASE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROID CELL; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; MALE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; FEMALE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPLEEN; THYROXINE;

EID: 0032466694     PISSN: 10188916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069441     Document Type: Article

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