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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: CBDM Lab
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-8563 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Venanzi Emily S ES Gray Daniel H D DH Benoist Christophe C Mathis Diane D
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20071101 9
The lymphotoxin pathway is critical for the development and maintenance of peripheral lymphoid organs. Mice with deficiencies in members of this pathway lack lymph nodes and Peyer's patches and have abnormal spleen architecture. These animals also develop autoantibodies to and lymphocytic infiltrates of multiple organs, provoking speculation that the lymphotoxin pathway may play a role in central tolerance induction. Indeed, a series of reports has claimed that lymphotoxin signals control the ex ...[more]