The immunoregulatory effects of homocysteine and its intermediates on T-lymphocyte function

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-110

  Dawson, Harry ^a   Collins, Gary ^a   Pyle, Robert ^a   Deep Dixit, Vishwa ^a   Taub, Dennis D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Apoptosis; Cardiovascular disease; Folate; Homocysteine; Immunodeficiency; Lymphocytes; Th1

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; DNA; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

AGED; AGING; APOPTOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DNA DETERMINATION; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0842325228     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2003.11.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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