Functional alteration of granulocytes, NK cells, and natural killer T cells in centenarians

Human Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 908-916

  Miyaji, Chikako ^a   Watanabe, Hisami ^a   Toma, Hiromu ^b   Akisaka, Masafumi ^b   Tomiyama, Katsuhiro ^a   Sato, Yoshiya ^b   Abo, Toru ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD64; Centenarians; Granulocytes; IFN ; NKT cells

Indexed keywords

CD64 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; SUPEROXIDE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; GRANULOCYTE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-4; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RECEPTORS, IGG; SUPEROXIDES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

EID: 0033788507     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(00)00153-1     Document Type: Article

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