Immune responses elicited in tertiary lymphoid tissues display distinctive features.

During chronic inflammation, immune effectors progressively organize themselves into a functional tertiary lymphoid tissue (TLT) within the targeted organ. TLT has been observed in a wide range of chronic inflammatory conditions but its pathophysiological significance remains unknown. We used the ra...

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Main Authors: Olivier Thaunat, Stéphanie Graff-Dubois, Sophie Brouard, Chantal Gautreau, Aditi Varthaman, Nicole Fabien, Anne-Christine Field, Liliane Louedec, Jianping Dai, Etienne Joly, Emmanuel Morelon, Jean-Paul Soulillou, Jean-Baptiste Michel, Antonino Nicoletti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2894881?pdf=render