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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-11-23
pubmed:abstractText
The spleen is an important lymphoid organ, involved in immune responses against all types of antigen that appear in the circulation. Its complex anatomical organization, with distinct compartments containing specialized cell types, provides a microenvironment which allows different cell-cell interactions and determines the direction of developing immune responses. In this review we evaluate the vast amount of in vitro data dealing with antigen presentation, cell-cell interactions, T and B cell activation, and the immunoregulatory role of cytokines, as suggested to be involved in immune responses. As a basis for understanding of in vivo processes, these in vitro data will be related to discrete phenomena of in vivo immune responses, such as antigen localization/trapping, cell migration patterns of immunocompetent cells, cytokine production, and antibody formation in the different compartments of the spleen. Finally, we try to bring order to the sequence of events that occur in the spleen after antigenic challenge by presenting an in vivo model for T cell dependent and T cell independent immune responses.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1040-8401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
337-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1388710-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1388710-Antibody Formation, pubmed-meshheading:1388710-Antigen-Presenting Cells, pubmed-meshheading:1388710-Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:1388710-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:1388710-Cell Communication, pubmed-meshheading:1388710-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:1388710-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:1388710-Dendritic Cells, pubmed-meshheading:1388710-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:1388710-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1388710-Infection, pubmed-meshheading:1388710-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:1388710-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:1388710-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:1388710-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:1388710-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:1388710-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:1388710-T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunological functions and in vivo cell-cell interactions of T cells in the spleen.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology and Medical Microbiology, TNO Medical Biological Laboratory, Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review