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T Cell Trafficking through Lymphatic Vessels
T cell migration within and between peripheral tissues and secondary lymphoid organs is essential for proper functioning of adaptive immunity. While active T cell migration within a tissue is fairly slow, blood vessels and lymphatic vessels (LVs) serve as speedy highways that enable T cells to trave...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5174098/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28066423 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00613 |
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author | Hunter, Morgan C. Teijeira, Alvaro Halin, Cornelia |
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description | T cell migration within and between peripheral tissues and secondary lymphoid organs is essential for proper functioning of adaptive immunity. While active T cell migration within a tissue is fairly slow, blood vessels and lymphatic vessels (LVs) serve as speedy highways that enable T cells to travel rapidly over long distances. The molecular and cellular mechanisms of T cell migration out of blood vessels have been intensively studied over the past 30 years. By contrast, less is known about T cell trafficking through the lymphatic vasculature. This migratory process occurs in one manner within lymph nodes (LNs), where recirculating T cells continuously exit into efferent lymphatics to return to the blood circulation. In another manner, T cell trafficking through lymphatics also occurs in peripheral tissues, where T cells exit the tissue by means of afferent lymphatics, to migrate to draining LNs and back into blood. In this review, we highlight how the anatomy of the lymphatic vasculature supports T cell trafficking and review current knowledge regarding the molecular and cellular requirements of T cell migration through LVs. Finally, we summarize and discuss recent insights regarding the presumed relevance of T cell trafficking through afferent lymphatics. |
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spelling | pubmed-51740982017-01-06 T Cell Trafficking through Lymphatic Vessels Hunter, Morgan C. Teijeira, Alvaro Halin, Cornelia Front Immunol Immunology T cell migration within and between peripheral tissues and secondary lymphoid organs is essential for proper functioning of adaptive immunity. While active T cell migration within a tissue is fairly slow, blood vessels and lymphatic vessels (LVs) serve as speedy highways that enable T cells to travel rapidly over long distances. The molecular and cellular mechanisms of T cell migration out of blood vessels have been intensively studied over the past 30 years. By contrast, less is known about T cell trafficking through the lymphatic vasculature. This migratory process occurs in one manner within lymph nodes (LNs), where recirculating T cells continuously exit into efferent lymphatics to return to the blood circulation. In another manner, T cell trafficking through lymphatics also occurs in peripheral tissues, where T cells exit the tissue by means of afferent lymphatics, to migrate to draining LNs and back into blood. In this review, we highlight how the anatomy of the lymphatic vasculature supports T cell trafficking and review current knowledge regarding the molecular and cellular requirements of T cell migration through LVs. Finally, we summarize and discuss recent insights regarding the presumed relevance of T cell trafficking through afferent lymphatics. Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5174098/ /pubmed/28066423 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00613 Text en Copyright © 2016 Hunter, Teijeira and Halin. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Immunology Hunter, Morgan C. Teijeira, Alvaro Halin, Cornelia T Cell Trafficking through Lymphatic Vessels |
title | T Cell Trafficking through Lymphatic Vessels |
title_full | T Cell Trafficking through Lymphatic Vessels |
title_fullStr | T Cell Trafficking through Lymphatic Vessels |
title_full_unstemmed | T Cell Trafficking through Lymphatic Vessels |
title_short | T Cell Trafficking through Lymphatic Vessels |
title_sort | t cell trafficking through lymphatic vessels |
topic | Immunology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5174098/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28066423 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00613 |
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