The aging of early B-cell precursors

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 205, Issue , 2005, Pages 18-29

  Allman, David ^a   Miller, Juli P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; GENE PRODUCT; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PU 1;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 20344405958     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2005.00269.x     Document Type: Review

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