Diminished cytokines gene expression in lymphoid organs of healthy aged rats

Cytokine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-28

  Pachówka, Maria ^a   Makula, Jolanta ^b   Korczak Kowalska, Grazyna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aging; Cytokine; Gene expression; Lymphoid tissues; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNE STATUS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENESCENCE; SPLEEN; STEADY STATE; UPREGULATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-6; LYMPH NODES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79952067681     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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