Mechanisms of immunosenescence: Lessons from models of accelerated immune aging

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1247, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-82

  Le Saux, Sabine ^a,b   Weyand, Cornelia M ^a,b   Goronzy, Jörg J ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; CMV; HIV; Immune aging; Latency; Thymic involution

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATED GHRELIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD28 ANTIGEN; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 7; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; SEX HORMONE; STEM CELL FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DNA DAMAGE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOSENESCENCE; INVOLUTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SENESCENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 84856449106     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06297.x     Document Type: Article

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