Abstract
Limiting‐dilution cloning of human lymphocytes was used to study cloning and proliferation of lymphocytes in 10 young and 10 elderly individuals. The cloning efficiency for elderly individuals, 3.5%, was significantly lower than that for young individuals, 19.8%. Mixing experiments showed that this decrease was due to both a decrease in the frequency of the clone‐forming cells and a decrease in the interacting ability of the lymphocytes. Lymphocytes from elderly individuals which did form clones, however, proliferated at the same rate as did those from young individuals.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 293-296 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Scandinavian Journal of Immunology |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - Apr 1984 |