Regulatory T cells and the immune aging process: A mini-review

Gerontology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 130-137

  Jagger, Ann ^a   Shimojima, Yasuhiro ^a   Goronzy, Jorg J ^a   Weyand, Cornelia M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune aging; Inducible regulatory T cells; Naturally occurring regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

AGING; AUTOIMMUNITY; CANCER RISK; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LOSS; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLAMMATION; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; CELL AGING; IMMUNOSENESCENCE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84896296917     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355303     Document Type: Review

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