Telomerase activation and rejuvenation of telomere length in stimulated T cells derived from serially transplanted hematopoietic stem cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 196, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1427-1433

  Allsopp, Richard C ^a   Cheshier, Samuel ^a   Weissman, Irving L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hematopoietic stem cell; Mouse; T cell; Telomere; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD28 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CD3; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STIMULATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; T LYMPHOCYTE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING PROTEIN 1;

EID: 0037011023     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20021003     Document Type: Article

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