Dwindling competition with constant demand: Can homeostatic adjustments explain age-associated changes in peripheral B cell selection?

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 362-369

  Quinn III, William J ^a   Scholz, Jean L ^a   Cancro, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; B cells; Development; Homeostasis

Indexed keywords

AGING; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SIZE; DYNAMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 23044501423     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2005.05.016     Document Type: Article

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