Age-related dynamics of constitutive cytokine transcription levels of feline monocytes

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-248

  Kipar, A ^a,b   Baptiste, K ^b   Meli, M L ^c   Barth, A ^a   Knietsch, M ^a   Reinacher, M ^a   Lutz, H ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age related changes; Constitutive cytokine transcription; Feline; Monocytes; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENESCENCE;

EID: 14844292095     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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