Aging and the mucosal immune system in the intestine

Biogerontology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 133-145

  Mabbott, Neil A ^a   Kobayashi, Atsushi ^b   Sehgal, Anuj ^a   Bradford, Barry M ^a   Pattison, Mari ^a   Donaldson, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; IgA; Intestine; M cells; Mucosal immune system

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSENESCENCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOSENESCENCE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL;

EID: 84897350713     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-014-9498-z     Document Type: Review

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