IL-7 and not stem cell factor reverses both the increase in apoptosis and the decline in thymopoiesis seen in aged mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1524-1530

  Andrew, D ^a   Aspinall, R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7; STEM CELL FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY;

EID: 0035253734     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.3.1524     Document Type: Article

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