T-cell priming by dendritic cells in lymph nodes occurs in three distinct phases



Thorsten R. Mempel, Sarah E. Henrickson & Ulrich H. von Andrian

Jenny Lu
Howard Li
ME728
7/11/2014

Nature. 2004 Jan 8; 427(6970):154-9.

 

Background

T-cell Migration in the Adaptive Immune System
Two Photon Imaging
Intravital Microscopy

T-cell migration

von Andrian UH, Mackay CR. T-cell function and migration. Two sides of the same coin. N Engl J Med. 2000 Oct 5;343(14):1020-34. Review.


Two-photon Imaging

Intravital Microscopy



Liou HL, Myers JT, Barkauskas DS, Huang AY. Intravital imaging of the mouse popliteal lymph node. J Vis Exp. 2012 Feb 8;(60). pii: 3720. doi: 10.3791/3720.
Experiments

Figure 1


 


 

 



Figure 2: T-cell motility



 






Figure 3: TC/DC interactions




Discussion

  • key findings
  • technology and discovery
  • setting the stage

Mempel et al, 2004, Curr. Opin. Imm.

Hendrickson et al, 2007, Curr. Opin. Imm.

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