Topological Small-World Organization of the Fibroblastic Reticular Cell Network Determines Lymph Node Functionality

PLoS Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Novkovic, Mario ^a   Onder, Lucas ^a   Cupovic, Jovana ^a   Abe, Jun ^b   Bomze, David ^a   Cremasco, Viviana ^c   Scandella, Elke ^a   Stein, Jens V ^b   Bocharov, Gennady ^d   Turley, Shannon J ^e   Ludewig, Burkhard ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

^e GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3BETA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL EXPANSION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLASTIC RETICULAR CELL NETWORK; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VALIDATION STUDY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; CELL MOTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITIC CELL; FIBROBLAST; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOKINE CCL19; DENDRITIC CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; LYMPH NODES; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84982804472     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002515     Document Type: Article

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