Thymic involution in aging

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 250-256

  Aspinall, R ^a   Andrew, D ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Atrophy; IL 7; Involution; Thymus; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL AGING; CELL DEATH; CYTOLYSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INVOLUTION; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMUS;

AGED; AGING; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; FORECASTING; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERLEUKIN-7; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STROMAL CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0033862739     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006611518223     Document Type: Review

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