B cells and aging: Balancing the homeostatic equation

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 42, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 396-399

  Miller, Juli P ^a   Cancro, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; B lymphocyte; Homeostasis; Immunology

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

AGING; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STEM CELL;

EID: 34147122646     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2007.01.010     Document Type: Short Survey

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