Inter- and intra-individual variation in tests of cell-mediated immunity in young and old women

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 619-627

  Molls, Roshni R ^a   Ahluwalia, Namanjeet ^a   Fick, Tara ^a   Mastro, Andrea M ^a   Wagstaff, David ^a   Handte, Gordon ^a   Ball, Rick ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Immune function; Leukocyte subsets; Lymphocyte proliferation; Old; Variation; Young

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0038402508     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(03)00062-9     Document Type: Article

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