Age-related change in thymic T-cell development is associated with genetic loci on mouse chromosomes 1, 3, and 11

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1145-1158

  Hsu, Hui Chen ^a   Mountz, John D ^a,c   Williams, Robert W ^d   Shelton, Brent J ^b   Yang, Ping Ar ^a   Matsuki, Yasunori ^a   Xu, Xin ^a   Dodd, Christopher H ^a   Li, Lina ^a   Geiger, Hartmut ^e   Zhang, Huang Ge ^a,c   Van Zant, Gary ^e  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Quantitative trait loci; Recombinant inbred mice; T cells; Thymic involution

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CONCANAVALIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 3; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INBREEDING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONCANAVALIN A; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 18444372356     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(02)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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