NK and NKT cell functions in immunosenescence

Aging Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 177-184

  Mocchegiani, Eugenio ^a   Malavolta, Marco ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive immunity; Aging; Cytokine production; Cytotoxicity; Innate immunity; NK cell; NKT cells, successful aging

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 8; RANTES; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN; ZINC;

ADAPTATION; AGED; AGING; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANCER; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL AGING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; ZINC;

EID: 11344283120     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9728.2004.00107.x     Document Type: Review

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