Immunity in the Elderly: The Role of the Thymus

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 142, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Aspinall, R ^a   Pitts, D ^a   Lapenna, A ^a   Mitchell, W ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atrophy; immunosenescence; T cell; thymus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXCISION REPAIR; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSENESCENCE; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR EXCISION CIRCLE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; THYMUS; THYMUS ATROPHY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATROPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 73249145637     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2009.10.022     Document Type: Article

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