作者
Thomas G Diacovo, Michelle D Catalina, Mark H Siegelman, Ulrich H von Andrian
发表日期
1998/1/19
期刊
The Journal of experimental medicine
卷号
187
期号
2
页码范围
197-204
出版商
The Rockefeller University Press
简介
Peripheral lymph nodes (PLN) are critical for immunologic memory formation in response to antigens that penetrate the skin. Blood-borne lymphocytes first encounter such antigens after they home to PLN through a multi-step adhesion process that is normally initiated by L-selectin (CD62L) in high endothelial venules (HEV). Since naive T cells can not enter PLN normally in L-selectin–deficient mice, a delayed type hypersensitivity response to cutaneously applied antigen cannot be mounted. In this study, we report that the administration of activated platelets into the systemic circulation of L-selectin knockout mice restores lymphocyte trafficking to PLN, and reconstitutes T cell–mediated immunity in response to a cutaneous antigen. These effects required platelet-expressed P-selectin that allows activated platelets to transiently form a bridge between lymphocytes and HEV, thereby enabling lymphocytes to undergo …
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