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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 168, Issue 3, Pages 986-990Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.3.986
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL 63925, HL 69409] Funding Source: Medline
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Peyer's patch and nasal-associated lymphoid tissue (NALT) are mucosal lymphoid tissues that appear similar in structure and function. Surprisingly, we found that NALT, unlike Peyer's patch, was formed independently of lymphotoxin (LT)alpha. Furthermore, using mice deficient in the retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor-gamma, we found that NALT was formed in the absence of CD4(+)CD3(-) cells, which are thought to be the embryonic source of LTalpha. However, we also found that NALT of LTalpha(-/-) animals was disorganized and lymphopenic, suggesting that the organization and recruitment of lymphocytes within NALT remained dependent on LTalpha. Finally, we demonstrated that both the structure and function of NALT were restored in LTalpha(-/-) animals upon reconstitution with normal bone marrow. These results demonstrate that the organogenesis of NALT occurs through unique mechanisms.
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