Genetic polymorphisms in mouse genes regulating age-sensitive and age-stable T cell subsets

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-39

  Jackson, A U ^a   Galecki, A T ^a,b,c   Burke, D T ^a   Miller, R A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell surface markers; Gene regulation; Rodents; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN P;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 4; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; AGING; ANIMAL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

AGING; ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0037491063     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363895     Document Type: Article

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