New Insights into the Development of Lymphoid Tissues

Overview

Journal Nat Rev Immunol

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2010 Aug 14

PMID 20706277

Citations 268

Authors

Serge A van de Pavert

Reina E Mebius

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Abstract

Secondary lymphoid organs are important locations for the initiation of adaptive immune responses. They develop before birth, and their formation requires interaction between lymphotoxin-α₁ß₂-expressing lymphoid-tissue inducer cells and lymphotoxin-ß receptor-expressing stromal organizer cells. Here, we discuss new insights into the earliest phases of peripheral lymph node and Peyer's patch formation that occur before lymphotoxin-ß receptor signalling and suggest a role for the developing nervous system. In addition, we discuss the differing requirements for the postnatal formation of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues and tertiary lymphoid structures that develop at sites of chronic inflammation.

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