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SUBMITTER: van de Pavert SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2771164 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van de Pavert Serge A SA Olivier Brenda J BJ Goverse Gera G Vondenhoff Mark F MF Greuter Mascha M Beke Patrick P Kusser Kim K Höpken Uta E UE Lipp Martin M Niederreither Karen K Blomhoff Rune R Sitnik Kasia K Agace William W WW Randall Troy D TD de Jonge Wouter J WJ Mebius Reina E RE
Nature immunology 20090927 11
The location of embryonic lymph node development is determined by the initial clustering of lymphoid tissue-inducer (LTi) cells. Here we demonstrate that both the chemokine CXCL13 and the chemokine CCL21 attracted LTi cells at embryonic days 12.5-14.5 and that initial clustering depended exclusively on CXCL13. Retinoic acid (RA) induced early CXCL13 expression in stromal organizer cells independently of lymphotoxin signaling. Notably, neurons adjacent to the lymph node anlagen expressed enzymes ...[more]