Induction of telomerase activity and maintenance of telomere length in virus-specific effector and memory CD8+ T cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 147-152

  Hathcock, Karen S ^a,d   Kaech, Susan M ^b   Ahmed, Rafi ^b   Hodes, Richard J ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME REGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TELOMERE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0037221127     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.1.147     Document Type: Article

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