This activation takes place in vivo in
lymphoid tissues such as the lymph nodes and tonsils.
In HIV - infected patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy (ART), ongoing HIV replication in
lymphoid tissues such as the lymph nodes helps maintain stores, or reservoirs, of the virus, a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health suggests.
Lymphoma is cancer of the lymph nodes or other
lymphoid tissue such as the spleen or tonsil.
Not exact matches
Type 3 ILCs (ILC3s) are in addition essential for the development of
lymphoid organs
such as lymph nodes and for
tissue repair.
Inductive sites include regions
such as mucosa - associated
lymphoid tissue (MALT) and local / regional mucosa - draining lymph nodes, where antigens from mucosal surfaces stimulate naive T and B lymphocytes.
What's more, the discovery of
such a fundamental difference in the biology of blood and
lymphoid tissue CD4 T cells opens the door to retesting drugs in
lymphoid tissue that were deemed ineffective in blood cells.
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such, greater emphasis must be placed on studying HIV infection within these
lymphoid tissues; that's where the virus is replicating and spreading.
With 70 % of it housed in the Gut Associated
Lymphoid Tissue (GALT) in the intestinal wall, the ecosystem of microbial residents are responsible for influencing the immune gatekeepers
such as dendritic cells.
The cells are normally found in
lymphoid tissue, and within mucosal surfaces
such as the intestine.
Another form of lymphoma affects the internal lymph nodes or
tissues that are made of similar
lymphoid material
such as the liver or spleen.