Melatonin rejuvenates degenerated thymus and redresses peripheral immune functions in aged mice

Immunology Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-104

  Tian, Yan Mei ^a   Zhang, Gui You ^a   Dai, Yao Ren ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Immune functions; Melatonin; Thymus

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INVOLUTION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0038444832     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2478(03)00068-3     Document Type: Article

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