An unexpected connection: lymph node lymphangiogenesis and dendritic cell migration

Immunity. 2006 Feb;24(2):129-31. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2006.01.011.

Abstract

Migration of antigen-presenting dendritic cells (DCs) through lymphatics to draining lymph nodes (LNs) represents a key step in the initiation of an adaptive immune response. In this issue of Immunity, provide the first evidence that remodeling of the lymphatic network within LNs and in peripheral tissues enhances DC migration after immunization and that this process depends on the presence of B cells within the LN.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigen Presentation
  • B-Lymphocytes / physiology
  • Cell Movement*
  • Dendritic Cells / physiology
  • Lymph Nodes / immunology*
  • Lymph Nodes / metabolism*
  • Lymphangiogenesis / physiology*
  • Mice
  • Models, Biological
  • Signal Transduction
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / metabolism

Substances

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A