A double-negative (IgD-CD27-) B cell population is increased in the peripheral blood of elderly people

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 681-690

  Colonna Romano, Giuseppina ^a   Bulati, Matteo ^a   Aquino, Alessandra ^a   Pellicanò, Mariavaleria ^a   Vitello, Salvatore ^b   Lio, Domenico ^a   Candore, Giuseppina ^a   Caruso, Calogero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Associazione Dermatologi Ionici ADI   (Italy)

Author keywords

B lymphocyte; CD27; Elderly; IgD; Immunologic memory; Immunosenescence

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD27 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD40 LIGAND; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEMORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIGENS, CD19; ANTIGENS, CD27; ANTIGENS, CD40; ANTIGENS, CD80; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CELLS, CULTURED; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MIDDLE AGED; P-GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TELOMERE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349412916     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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