Architectural changes in the thymus of aging mice

Aging Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-167

  Aw, Danielle ^a   Silva, Alberto B ^a   Maddick, Mandy ^b   von Zglinicki, Thomas ^b   Palmer, Donald B ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Senescence; Thymic epithelial cells; Thymic involution

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; KERATIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 3;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ATROPHY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; THYMUS GLAND; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 40549126634     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2007.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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