A novel approach to thymic rejuvenation in the aged

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 134-142

  Virts, Elizabeth L ^a   Phillips, Joy A ^a   Thoman, Marilyn L ^a  

^a SIDNEY KIMMEL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MALNUTRITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-7; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REJUVENATION; STROMAL CELLS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33646032059     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2006.9.134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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