T cell homeostasis in centenarians: From the thymus to the periphery

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 597-603

  Pinti, M ^a   Nasi, M ^a   Lugli, E ^a   Gibellini, L ^a   Bertoncelli, L ^a   Roat, E ^a   De Biasi, S ^a   Mussini, C ^b   Cossarizza, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; IL 7; Longevity; sjTREC; T cell; Thymus

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 7; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AGED; AGING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSENESCENCE; LONGEVITY; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TURNOVER TIME; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 77950263374     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161210790883705     Document Type: Review

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