The decline in B lymphopoiesis in aged mice reflects loss of very early B-lineage precursors

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2326-2330

  Miller, Juli P ^a   Allman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 7; LEUKOSIALIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0042931219     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.5.2326     Document Type: Article

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