A population biological approach to understanding the maintenance and loss of the T-cell repertoire during aging

Immunology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 167-175

  Johnson, Philip L F ^a   Goronzy, Jörg J ^b,c   Antia, Rustom ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Memory; Repertoire evolution; T cell receptors

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGING; CELL EXPANSION; CELL SELECTION; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMORY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; POPULATION BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TURNOVER TIME;

MEMORY; REPERTOIRE EVOLUTION; T-CELL RECEPTORS;

AGING; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84898777643     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imm.12244     Document Type: Review

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