Interleukin-7: An interleukin for rejuvenating the immune system

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1019, Issue , 2004, Pages 116-122

  Aspinall, Richard ^a   Henson, Sian ^a   Pido Lopez, Jeffrey ^a   Ngom, Pa Tamba ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Antigen specific receptor; T cell

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7;

AGING; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REJUVENATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS FUNCTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 3242732995     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1297.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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