Age-related changes in lymphocyte development and function

Nature Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-139

  Linton, Phyllis Jean ^a   Dorshkind, Kenneth ^b  

^a SIDNEY KIMMEL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGING; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 1142275269     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1033     Document Type: Review

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