Genetic regulation of thymocyte progenitor aging

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 303-308

  Berent Maoz, Beata ^a   Montecino Rodriguez, Encarnacion ^a   Dorshkind, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early T cell progenitors; P16Ink4a; Rejuvenation; Thymus involution

Indexed keywords

ARF PROTEIN; CD150 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR9; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; HERMES ANTIGEN;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL MATURATION; CELL RENEWAL; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOPOIESIS; PRECURSOR CELLS, T-LYMPHOID; THYMOCYTES;

EID: 84868201592     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: 10963618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2012.04.006     Document Type: Review

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