Cytolytic activity of mitogen activated old and young mouse spleen cells against tumor target cells expressing high or low levels of Fas antigen

Experimental and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 137-141

  Saxena, Rajiv K ^a,b   Adler, William H ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cytotoxic cells; Fas; Fas ligand; Mitogen

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; FAS ANTIGEN; MITOGENIC AGENT;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN CELL; TARGET CELL; TUMOR CELL DESTRUCTION;

EID: 0033619133     PISSN: 12263613     EISSN: 20926413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emm.1999.23     Document Type: Article

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