Different rates of telomere shortening and telomerase activity reduction in CD8 T and CD16 NK lymphocytes with ageing

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 653-659

  Mariani, Erminia ^a,b   Meneghetti, Alessandra ^a   Formentini, Ivan ^a   Neri, Simona ^a   Cattini, Luca ^a   Ravaglia, Giovanni ^b   Forti, Paola ^b   Facchini, Andrea ^a,b  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; CD8 lymphocytes; NK lymphocytes; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; REPETITIVE DNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFESPAN; MITOSIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REDUCTION; RESIDUAL VOLUME; T LYMPHOCYTE; TELOMERE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037904383     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(03)00058-5     Document Type: Article

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