Lymphoid Aggregates Remodel Lymphatic Collecting Vessels that Serve Mesenteric Lymph Nodes in Crohn Disease
Randolph GJ, Bala S, Rahier JF, Johnson MW, Wang PL, Nalbantoglu I, Dubuquoy L, Chau A, Pariente B, Kartheuser A, Zinselmeyer BH, Colombel JF. Lymphoid Aggregates Remodel Lymphatic Collecting Vessels that Serve Mesenteric Lymph Nodes in Crohn Disease. American Journal Of Pathology 2016, 186: 3066-3073. PMID: 27746181, PMCID: PMC5225286, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2016.07.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTertiary lymphoid organsMesenteric lymph nodesLymph nodesCrohn's diseaseLymphatic collecting vesselsInfection-induced tissue damageInnate lymphoid cellsChronic inflammatory stateImmune cell accessHuman intestinal diseasesMesenteric adipose tissueEarly pathological descriptionsAppropriate immunityInflammatory stateLymphoid organsPoor healingIntestinal diseaseLymphoid cellsPathological descriptionAdipose tissueB cellsAnatomical relationshipTissue damageCD specimensLymphatic remodeling