Impact of CMV and EBV seropositivity on CD8 T lymphocytes in an old population from West-Sicily

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 995-1002

  Colonna Romano, Giuseppina ^a   Akbar, Arne N ^b   Aquino, Alessandra ^a   Bulati, Matteo ^a   Candore, Giuseppina ^a   Lio, Domenico ^a   Ammatuna, Pietro ^a   Fletcher, Jean M ^b   Caruso, Calogero ^a   Pawelec, Graham ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CD8; CMV; EBV; Elderly; Immune senescence

Indexed keywords

CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; HLA A2 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SEROLOGY; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 34548660765     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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