Immune senescence in aged nonhuman primates

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 655-661

  Haberthur, Kristen ^a   Engelman, Flora ^a,b   Barron, Alex ^a,b   Messaoudi, Ilhem ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Immune senescence; Rejuvenation; T cells

Indexed keywords

CD27 ANTIGEN; CHOLERA TOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 8; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; PLACEBO; TETANUS TOXOID; THYMOSIN ALPHA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGING; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMBRANE RECONSTITUTION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; REVIEW; RHESUS MONKEY; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VACCINATION;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 77955845956     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2010.06.001     Document Type: Review

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