A comparative review of aging and B cell function in mice and humans

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 504-510

  Scholz, Jean L ^a   Diaz, Alain ^b   Riley, Richard L ^b   Cancro, Michael P ^a   Frasca, Daniela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD27 ANTIGEN; CD28 ANTIGEN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGING; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOSENESCENCE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIFESPAN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENESCENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; MICE;

EID: 84884136543     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: 18790372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2013.07.006     Document Type: Review

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