The CXCL12/CXCR4 pair in aged human thymus

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-220

  Hernández López, Carmen ^a   Varas, Alberto ^a   Sacedón, Rosa ^a   Martínez, Victor G ^a   Hidalgo, Laura ^a   Valencia, Jaris ^a   Zapata, Agustín G ^a   Vicente, Ángeles ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Chemokines; CXCL12 CXCR4; Human thymus; T cell maturation

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1;

AGED; AGING; APOPTOSIS; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD34 SELECTION; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIGENS, CD34; ATROPHY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOKINE CXCL12; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, CXCR4; STEM CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76949108346     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000258728     Document Type: Conference Paper

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