Naive T cells: The crux of cellular immune aging?

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 90-93

  Appay, Victor ^a   Sauce, Delphine ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Function; Homeostasis; Na ve T cells; Priming; TCR repertoire; Thymus

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; CELL AGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84898826928     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.01.003     Document Type: Review

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