PREVIOUS investigations in this laboratory 1–4 have described the localization of antigens in lymphoid follicles. Much circumstantial evidence was presented for the existence in follicles of a highly ...

Lymph nodes are located at the junction of lymphatic vessels in the body. Lymphatic vessels transport fluid containing antigenic material, dendritic cells (DCs), and inflammatory biochemicals from ...

Scientists have a new tool to help them tease out the immune system's mysteries. Researchers cultured human B and T cells inside a microfluidic Organ Chip and coaxed them to form functional lymphoid ...

Peyer’s patches (PPs) are clusters of lymphatic tissue in the small intestine that act as our body’s first line of defense against ingested pathogens; they contain large amounts of white blood cells ...

The lymph node (LN) is a pea-sized (0.1–2.5 cm long), bean-shaped organ of the lymphatic and immune system. A human possesses approximately 500–600 lymph nodes and collectively, lymph nodes enable ...