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Aging leads to disturbed homeostasis of memory phenotype CD8(+) cells.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 4 Feb 2002
Zhang Xiaohong, Fujii Hideki, Kishimoto Hidehiro, LeRoy Eric, Surh Charles D, Sprent Jonathan
Abstract excerpt
Examining the rate of in vivo T cell turnover (proliferation) in aged mice revealed a marked reduction in turnover at the level of memory-phenotype CD44(hi) CD8(+) cells relative to young mice. Based on adoptive transfer experiments, the reduced turnover of aged CD44(hi) CD8(+) cells reflected an inhibitory influence of the aged host environment. Aged CD44(hi) CD8(+) cells also showed poor in vivo responses to...
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