Compartmentalized Multicellular Crosstalk in Lymph Nodes Coordinates the Generation of Potent Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses

Overview

Journal Eur J Immunol

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2021 Oct 4

PMID 34606627

Citations 5

Authors

Justine Poirot

Jasna Medvedovic

Coline Trichot

Vassili Soumelis

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Abstract

Distributed throughout the body, lymph nodes (LNs) constitute an important crossroad where resident and migratory immune cells interact to initiate antigen-specific immune responses supported by a dynamic 3-dimensional network of stromal cells, that is, endothelial cells and fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs). LNs are organized into four major subanatomically separated compartments: the subcapsular sinus (SSC), the paracortex, the cortex, and the medulla. Each compartment is underpinned by particular FRC subsets that physically support LN architecture and delineate functional immune niches by appropriately providing environmental cues, nutrients, and survival factors to the immune cell subsets they interact with. In this review, we discuss how FRCs drive the structural and functional organization of each compartment to give rise to prosperous interactions and coordinate immune cell activities. We also discuss how reciprocal communication makes FRCs and immune cells perfect compatible partners for the generation of potent cellular and humoral immune responses.

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