Hemopoiesis in healthy old people and centenarians: Well-maintained responsiveness of CD34+ cells to hemopoietic growth factors and remodeling of cytokine network

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Bagnara, Gian Paolo ^e   Bonsi, Laura ^e   Strippoli, Pierluigi ^e   Bonifazi, Francesca ^e   Tonelli, Roberto ^e   D'Addato, Sergio ^a   Paganelli, Roberto ^b   Scala, Enrico ^b   Fagiolo, Umberto ^e   Monti, Daniela ^e   Cossarizza, Andrea ^e   Bonafé, Massimiliano ^e   Franceschi, Claudio ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HEMOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 3; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; STEM CELL FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COLONY FORMING UNIT GEMM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ERYTHROID CELL; GRANULOCYTE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

EID: 0034065926     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.2.B61     Document Type: Article

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