Naive T cell maintenance and function in human aging

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 194, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 4073-4080

  Goronzy, Jörg J ^a   Fang, Fengqin ^a   Cavanagh, Mary M ^a   Qi, Qian ^a   Weyand, Cornelia M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION FACTOR; CD31 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 7; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL AGING; CELL REGENERATION; CLONAL VARIATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DNA DAMAGE; EFFECTOR CELL; HUMAN; LIFE EXTENSION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TELOMERE; THYMUS; IMMUNOLOGY;

AGING; HUMANS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84928473003     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1500046     Document Type: Review

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