Enhancement of leukocyte functions in aged mice supplemented with the antioxidant thioproline

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-225

  De La Fuente, Mónica ^a   Ferrández, María Dolores ^a   Del Rio, Mónica ^a   Sol Burgos, María ^a   Miquel, Jaime ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

ADCC; Aging; Lymphocytes; Mice; Mobility; NK; Proliferation; Thioproline

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CONCANAVALIN A; CORTICOSTERONE; TIMONACIC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; LIFESPAN; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; STRESS; THYMUS; TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTES; MICE; THIAZOLES; THIAZOLIDINES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344624869     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(98)00071-2     Document Type: Article

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