Interactions between fibroblastic reticular cells and B cells promote mesenteric lymph node lymphangiogenesis

oleh: Lalit Kumar Dubey, Praneeth Karempudi, Sanjiv A. Luther, Burkhard Ludewig, Nicola L. Harris

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-08-01

Deskripsi

The growth of lymph nodes in response to infection requires lymphangiogenesis. Dubey et al. show that the mesenteric lymph node lymphangiogenesis upon helminth infection depends on the signaling loop between the B and fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs), whereby the FRCs respond to lymphotoxin secreted by B cells by releasing B cell activating factor.