Memory T cell homeostasis and senescence during aging

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 480-485

  Akbar, Arne N ^a   Fletcher, Jean M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CELL AGING; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EFFECTOR CELL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEMORY CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TELOMERE; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; RISK FACTORS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 23944490475     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2005.07.019     Document Type: Review

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