Developmental Biology of Peripheral Lymphoid Organs

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Balogh, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Immunology.; Developmental biology.; Biomedicine.; Developmental Biology.; Human Physiology.

The human immune system is a complex network of tissues and organs dispersed throughout the body. Immunology, as one of the most rapidly evolving fields in biomedical research, has to date covered the essential cellular and molecular events necessary for immune responses to occur, but has paid relat...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Evolution of peripheral lymphoid organs
• Common themes in lymphoid organ development
• Development of lymph nodes in humans and rodents
• Programmed and nascent gut-associated organized lymphoid tissues
• Single complexity: the spleen
• Age-associated decline in peripheral lymphoid organ functions.