B cell maintenance and function in aging

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 342-349

  Kogut, Igor ^a   Scholz, Jean L ^b   Cancro, Michael P ^b   Cambier, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Aging; B cell; B lymphocyte; Humoral immunity

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; INFLUENZA VACCINE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE; YF 17D;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL AGING; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; REVIEW; STROMA CELL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VACCINATION; VDJ RECOMBINATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LYMPHOPOIESIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84868214102     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: 10963618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2012.04.004     Document Type: Review

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