Gender-related differences in the rates of age associated thymic atrophy

Developmental Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 95-106

  Aspinall, R ^a   Andrew, D ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS ATROPHY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD3; ATROPHY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0034813420     PISSN: 10446672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2001/17064     Document Type: Article

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