Age-associated changes in CD90 expression on thymocytes and in TCR-dependent stages of thymocyte maturation in male rats

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 574-589

  Leposavić, Gordana ^a,b   Pešić, Vesna ^b   Kosec, Duško ^a   Radojević, Katarina ^a   Arsenović Ranin, Nevena ^b   Pilipović, Ivan ^a   Perišić, Milica ^a   Plećaš Solarović, Bosiljka ^b  

^a Immunology Research Center Belgrade   (Yugoslavia)

^b Faculty of Pharmacy   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Ageing; CD90 expression; ConA; T cell differentiation; Thymocyte apoptosis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; THY 1 ANTIGEN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 33745000082     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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