Age-related changes in p56lck protein levels and phenotypic distribution of T lymphocytes in young rats

Clinical and Developmental Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-84

  Hosea, Heather J ^a   Rector, Edward S ^a   Taylor, Carla G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood T lymphocytes; Flow cytometry; p56lck; Rats; Spleen T lymphocytes; Thymus

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE LCK; PROTEIN P56; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPLEEN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SPECIFIC PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE P56(LCK); MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 18444390282     PISSN: 17402522     EISSN: 17402530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17402520400017393     Document Type: Article

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