Newly generated CD4 T cells in aged animals do not exhibit age-related defects in response to antigen

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 845-851

  Haynes, Laura ^a   Eaton, Sheri M ^a   Burns, Eve M ^a   Randall, Troy D ^a   Swain, Susan L ^a  

^a TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL DEPLETION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; INTERLEUKIN-2; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA;

EID: 17144418549     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20041933     Document Type: Article

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