Aging and T-cell-mediated immunity

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 183-206

  Chakravarti, Bulbul ^a   Abraham, George N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Immunodeficiency; T cell immunity

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE C;

AGING; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INVOLUTION; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMUS;

EID: 0033005534     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(99)00009-3     Document Type: Article

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