Age-associated decline in effective immune synapse formation of CD4 + T cells is reversed by vitamin E supplementation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1443-1449

  Marko, Melissa G ^a   Ahmed, Tanvir ^a,c   Bunnell, Stephen C ^b   Wu, Dayong ^a   Chung, Heekyung ^a   Huber, Brigitte T ^b   Meydani, Simin Nikbin ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CD3 ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CONTACT; CELL DIVISION; CELL STIMULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 33846467889     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.3.1443     Document Type: Article

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