T cell development, ageing and Interleukin-7

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 572-578

  Aspinall, Richard ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interleukin 7 (IL 7); T cells; Thymus

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7;

AGING; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-7; MICE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646141172     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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