Vα24+ NKT cells are decreased in elderly humans

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 213-217

  DelaRosa, Olga ^a   Tarazona, Raquel ^a   Casado, Javier G ^a   Alonso, Corona ^a   Ostos, Beleén ^a   Peña, Joseé ^a   Solana, Rafael ^a  

^a Universidad de Cordoba   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Immunosenescence; Natural killer T cells; V 24

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; CD24 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; BLOOD; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD28; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0037011793     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(01)00186-3     Document Type: Article

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