Effects of aging on T cell function

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 414-417

  Haynes, Laura ^a   Maue, Alexander C ^b  

^a TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AGING; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLID TUMOR; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH17 CELL; VACCINATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERLEUKIN-17; MICE; NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; VACCINATION; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 68149124434     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2009.05.009     Document Type: Review

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