... and contrasts the features of the T cell system at the age extremes. Thymus function critically contributes to the diminished output of RTE in preterm infants and elderly persons [ 7 ]. Thymic size and structure seem to play a major role in the susceptibility to infectious diseases and affect the components...

... induced by T4 and T3 was studied in normal young, old and thymus-grafted old mice as well as in nude and in nude grafted with neonatal thymuses. Moreover, since brain cortex bears both PAR subpopulations, the eventual differential behavior of pr and P2-adrenoceptor subtypes (PiAR and P:AR) has also been...

.... Homeostatic network Thymus Neuroendocrine system 2 08 1990 24 10 1990 8 4 2009 Debate Gerontology 1991;37:208-213 © 1991 S. Kargcr AG, Basel 0304-324X/91/0374-0208$2.75/0 The Immune-Neuroendocrine Homeostatic Network and Aging Rodolfo G. Goya Center of Endocrine Studies, Faculty...

...: Influence of the Aged Environment on T Cell Allorecognition Yoshihiro Asano, Tomoko Komuro, Masalo Kubo, Kunio Sano, Tomio Tada Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan Key Words. T cell repertoire Major histocompatibility complex Thymus Allogeneic mixed lymphocyte...