IFN-γ production by CMV-specific CD8+ T cells is high in elderly donors [2] (multiple letters)

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 863-865

  Almanzar, Giovanni ^a   Schwaiger, Susanne ^a   Jenewein, Brigitte ^a   Keller, Michael ^a   Grubeck Loebenstein, Beatrix ^a   Würzner, Reinhard ^b   Schönitzer, Dietmar ^c   Ouyang, Qin ^d,e   Wagner, Wolfgang M ^d,f   Pawelec, Graham ^d  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c Central Institute for Blood Transfusion   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cytomegalovirus; interferon gamma

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

EID: 2342524053     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2004.01.017     Document Type: Article

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