T cell receptor excision circle assessment of thymopoiesis in aging mice

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 841-848

  Sempowski, Gregory D ^a   Gooding, Maria E ^a   Liao, H X ^a   Le, Phong T ^b   Haynes, Barton F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; IL 7; Mouse T cell receptor excision circles; Thymopoiesis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL DNA; INTERLEUKIN 7; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY; THYMUS FUNCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS; INTERLEUKIN-7; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

GALLUS GALLUS; MURINAE;

EID: 0036198778     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(01)00122-5     Document Type: Article

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