Premature immunosenescence in rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis patients

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1051, Issue , 2005, Pages 255-262

  Thewissen, Marielle ^a   Linsen, Loes ^a   Somers, Veerle ^a   Geusens, Piet ^a   Raus, Jef ^a   Stinissen, Piet ^a,b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CD4+CD28null T cells; Immunosenescence; Multiple sclerosis; Premature aging; Rheumatoid arthritis; T cell homeostasis; T cell receptor excision circles; Thymic involution; TREC number

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGING; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; INVOLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREMATURE AGING; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

EID: 25444527944     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1361.066     Document Type: Conference Paper

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