Material design for lymph node drug delivery

A Schudel, DM Francis, SN Thomas - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
A significant fraction of the total immune cells in the body are located in several hundred
lymph nodes, in which lymphocyte accumulation, activation and proliferation are organized …

Transcriptional profiling of stroma from inflamed and resting lymph nodes defines immunological hallmarks

D Malhotra, AL Fletcher, J Astarita… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Lymph node stromal cells (LNSCs) closely regulate immunity and self-tolerance, yet key
aspects of their biology remain poorly elucidated. Here, comparative transcriptomic analyses …

[HTML][HTML] Interferon gamma constrains type 2 lymphocyte niche boundaries during mixed inflammation

KM Cautivo, PR Matatia, CO Lizama, NM Mroz… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Allergic immunity is orchestrated by group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) and type 2 helper
T (Th2) cells prominently arrayed at epithelial-and microbial-rich barriers. However, ILC2s …

Dynamic imaging of T cell-dendritic cell interactions in lymph nodes

S Stoll, J Delon, TM Brotz, RN Germain - Science, 2002 - science.org
T cell immune responses begin within organized lymphoid tissues. The pace, topology, and
outcomes of the cellular interactions that underlie these responses have, so far, been …

Dendritic cells in remodeling of lymph nodes during immune responses

SE Acton, C Reis e Sousa - Immunological reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A critical hallmark of adaptive immune responses is the rapid and extensive expansion of
lymph nodes. During this process, the complex internal structure of the organs is maintained …

Expansion of cortical and medullary sinuses restrains lymph node hypertrophy during prolonged inflammation

KW Tan, KP Yeo, FHS Wong, HY Lim… - The Journal of …, 2012 - journals.aai.org
During inflammation, accumulation of immune cells in activated lymph nodes (LNs), coupled
with a transient shutdown in lymphocyte exit, results in dramatic cellular expansion. Counter …

[HTML][HTML] Lymph node homeostasis and adaptation to immune challenge resolved by fibroblast network mechanics

HL Horsnell, RJ Tetley, H De Belly, S Makris… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Emergent physical properties of tissues are not readily understood by reductionist studies of
their constituent cells. Here, we show molecular signals controlling cellular, physical, and …

[HTML][HTML] Stromal cells control soluble material and cellular transport in lymph nodes

M Bajénoff - Frontiers in immunology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Lymphocytes continuously patrol the secondary lymphoid organs (SLOs) of mammals in
search for their cognate antigens. SLOs are composed of leucocytes (~ 95%) and lymphoid …

Matrix density drives 3D organotypic lymphatic vessel activation in a microfluidic model of the breast tumor microenvironment

KM Lugo-Cintrón, JM Ayuso, BR White, PM Harari… - Lab on a Chip, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Lymphatic vessels (LVs) have been suggested as a preferential conduit for metastatic
progression in breast cancer, where a correlation between the occurrence of lymph node …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling pre-metastatic lymphvascular niche in the mouse ear sponge assay

M García-Caballero, M Van de Velde, S Blacher… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Lymphangiogenesis, the formation of new lymphatic vessels, occurs in primary tumors and
in draining lymph nodes leading to pre-metastatic niche formation. Reliable in vivo models …