Immune and non-immune functions of adipose tissue leukocytes

WV Trim, L Lynch - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Adipose tissue is a complex dynamic organ with whole-body immunometabolic influence.
Much of the work into understanding the role of immune cells in adipose tissue has been in …

Specialized immune responses in the peritoneal cavity and omentum

M Liu, A Silva-Sanchez, TD Randall… - Journal of Leucocyte …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The peritoneal cavity is a fluid filled space that holds most of the abdominal organs,
including the omentum, a visceral adipose tissue that contains milky spots or clusters of …

Remodeling of light and dark zone follicular dendritic cells governs germinal center responses

NB Pikor, U Mörbe, M Lütge, C Gil-Cruz… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Efficient generation of germinal center (GC) responses requires directed movement of B
cells between distinct microenvironments underpinned by specialized B cell–interacting …

Mechanisms of peritoneal fibrosis: focus on immune cells–peritoneal stroma interactions

M Terri, F Trionfetti, C Montaldo, M Cordani… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Peritoneal fibrosis is characterized by abnormal production of extracellular matrix proteins
leading to progressive thickening of the submesothelial compact zone of the peritoneal …

Communication, construction, and fluid control: lymphoid organ fibroblastic reticular cell and conduit networks

SE Acton, L Onder, M Novkovic, VG Martinez… - Trends in …, 2021 - cell.com
Fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs) are a crucial part of the stromal cell infrastructure of
secondary lymphoid organs (SLOs). Lymphoid organ fibroblasts form specialized niches for …

Targeting TLR4 during vaccination boosts MAdCAM-1+ lymphoid stromal cell activation and promotes the aged germinal center response

AE Denton, J Dooley, I Cinti, A Silva-Cayetano… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The failure to generate enduring humoral immunity after vaccination is a hallmark of
advancing age. This can be attributed to a reduction in the germinal center (GC) response …

Fibroblastic reticular cells at the nexus of innate and adaptive immune responses

C Perez‐Shibayama, C Gil‐Cruz… - Immunological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Lymphoid organs guarantee productive immune cell interactions through the establishment
of distinct microenvironmental niches that are built by fibroblastic reticular cells (FRC). These …

Stromal cells covering omental fat-associated lymphoid clusters trigger formation of neutrophil aggregates to capture peritoneal contaminants

LH Jackson-Jones, P Smith, JR Portman… - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
The omentum is a visceral adipose tissue rich in fat-associated lymphoid clusters (FALCs)
that collects peritoneal contaminants and provides a first layer of immunological defense …

Adult T-cells impair neonatal cardiac regeneration

T Dolejsi, M Delgobo, T Schuetz, L Tortola… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims Newborn mice and humans display transient cardiac regenerative potential that rapidly
declines postnatally. Patients who survive a myocardial infarction (MI) often develop chronic …

Protective fibroblastic niches in secondary lymphoid organs

A De Martin, Y Stanossek, NB Pikor… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - rupress.org
Fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs) are specialized fibroblasts of secondary lymphoid organs
that provide the structural foundation of the tissue. Moreover, FRCs guide immune cells to …