Old dogs and new tricks: Defective peripheral regulatory T cell generation in aged mice

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2534-2537

  Lopes Carvalho, Thiago ^a   Coutinho, António ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aging; Cell differentiation; Immune regulation regulatory T cells; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA METHYLATION; EDITORIAL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; IRRADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SENESCENCE; THYMOCYTE; VERTEBRATE;

AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; IMMUNE REGULATION REGULATORY T CELLS; TOLERANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84885761532     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201344029     Document Type: Editorial

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