Aging and innate immune cells

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 291-299

  Plackett, Timothy P ^a,b   Boehmer, Eric D ^a   Faunce, Douglas E ^a   Kovacs, Elizabeth J ^a,c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic cell; Immunosenescence; Macrophage; Polymorphonuclear neutrophil

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; HLA ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 4; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES;

AGED; AGING; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TUMOR CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DENDRITIC CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MACROPHAGES; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 3442899305     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1103592     Document Type: Conference Paper

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