Aging of the T cell compartment in mice and humans: From no naive expectations to foggy memories

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2622-2629

  Nikolich Žugich, Janko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL AGING; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MATURATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL T LYMPHOCYTE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; T CELL REPERTOIRE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMUS; AGING; ANIMAL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOUSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE;

EID: 84921634186     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401174     Document Type: Review

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