Inhibition of thymic adipogenesis by caloric restriction is coupled with reduction in age-related thymic involution

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 3040-3052

  Yang, Hyunwon ^a   Youm, Yun Hee ^a   Dixit, Vishwa Deep ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALVASCULIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; LIPID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC2; XANTHINE OXIDASE; GROWTH INHIBITOR; XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADIPOGENESIS; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL DENSITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS FUNCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGEVITY; LYMPHOPOIESIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STROMA CELL;

ADIPOGENESIS; AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITORS; LONGEVITY; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PPAR GAMMA; STROMAL CELLS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 70349231092     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0900562     Document Type: Article

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