Age-associated thymic atrophy is linked to a decline in IL-7 production

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 455-463

  Andrew, Deborah ^a   Aspinall, Richard ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interleukin 7; Lymphocyte; Stroma; Thymocyte

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; INTERLEUKIN 7; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CONNEXIN 43; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERLEUKIN-7; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL FACTOR; THYMUS GLAND; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0037012030     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(01)00213-3     Document Type: Article

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