Melatonin: Immune modulation of spleen cells in young, middle-aged and senescent mice

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 255-268

  Atre, Deepta ^a   Blumenthal, Elliott J ^b  

^a Snider High School   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Immunosenescence; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; MELATONIN; MITOGENIC AGENT;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CONCANAVALIN A; INTERLEUKIN-2; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOGENS; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032527635     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(98)00046-3     Document Type: Article

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