How vaccines work on the background of the aging immune system

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 42, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 438-440

  Haynes, Laura ^a  

^a TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging immune system; CD4 T cells; Vaccinations

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOCHROME C; HAPTEN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 2; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PHENYL GROUP; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; VACCINE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; AGING; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GERMINAL CENTER; HAPTEN CARRIER COMPLEX; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLUENZA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VACCINATION;

EID: 34147175492     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2006.10.012     Document Type: Short Survey

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