Aging and the human immune system

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 703-707

  Breitbart, E ^a   Stollar, B D ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Autoantibodies; B cells; Human; Immunity; Repertoire

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; ANTIOXIDANT; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; VACCINE;

AGE; AGING; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGED; AGING; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CYTOKINES; HUMAN; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033814385     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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