Sentences with phrase «of lymphoid tissue»

After birth, lymphocytes are found in large numbers in the thymus and lymph nodes, and accumulate in collections of lymphoid tissue in areas where foreign antigens are likely to enter the body.

Also called the lymphatic system, it is comprised of lymphatic vessels that run throughout the body (with the largest vessel being the thoracic duct, which collects a large portion of the body's lymph); lymph nodes, located in the neck, armpit, groin, and inside the center of the chest and abdomen; the tonsils and adenoids, which are collections of lymphoid tissue similar to lymph nodes; and the spleen and thymus, which are lymphoid organs.

In all forms, the tumors consist of abnormal proliferation of lymphoid tissue.

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Mediastinal: The mediastinum is a term used for a special aggregation of lymphoid tissue in the chest.

Blood cells, which are easier to obtain, do not recapitulate all of the key biology of lymphoid tissue cells.

«We've shown for the first time that there are specialised killer T cells that can migrate into a part of the lymphoid tissue and control hidden infection,» Dr Yu said.

The Epstein - Barr virus, for example, is known to be able to dramatically increase the size of lymphoid tissue during acute infection, and obstructive sleep apnea is fairly common in acute cases of severe infectious mononucleosis.

«These results drive home that HIV is a disease of lymphoid tissues, not blood,» says senior author Warner C. Greene, MD, PhD, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology.

The scientists say the latest findings, published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe, should spark greater use of lymphoid tissue T cells to study the pathogenic effects of HIV.

We speculated that this could be due to the poor development of the lymphoid tissues in these mice rather than the inherent inability of the HPCs to develop into lymphoid cells.

The spleen, which acts as a filter for the blood, also contains a large amount of lymphoid tissue.

Fibrohistiocytic nodules are proliferations of lymphoid tissue (white pulp), fibrous cells and histiocytes.