Expression and function of interleukin-7 in secondary and tertiary lymphoid organs.
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_77C04461F8A4
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
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Publications
Institution
Title
Expression and function of interleukin-7 in secondary and tertiary lymphoid organs.
Journal
Seminars in Immunology
ISSN
1096-3618 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1044-5323
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2012
Volume
24
Number
3
Pages
175-189
Language
english
Abstract
Interleukin-7 (IL-7) is known since many years as stromal-cell derived cytokine that plays a key role for the adaptive immune system. It promotes lymphocyte development in the bone marrow and thymus as well as naive and memory T cell homeostasis in the periphery. More recently, IL-7 reporter mice and other approaches have led to the further characterization of the various stromal cell sources of IL-7 in secondary lymphoid organs (SLO) and other tissues. We will review these advances along with a discussion of the regulation of IL-7 and its receptor, and compare the biological effects IL-7 has on adaptive as well as innate immune cells in SLO. Finally, we will review the role of IL-7 in development of SLO and tertiary lymphoid tissues that frequently are associated with sites of chronic inflammation.
Keywords
Animals, Cell Lineage, Homeostasis, Humans, Inflammation/immunology, Interleukin-7/immunology, Lymphatic System/cytology, Lymphatic System/immunology, Receptors, Interleukin-7/immunology
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Web of science
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07/12/2012 11:36
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