In aggressive lymphomas, inflammatory messengers reprogram the "conductors" of the immune system, causing lymph nodes ...

Lymph nodes are key control centers in the immune system and play an important role in defending the body against infections ...

A new study maps the organisation of immune and stromal cells in lymph nodes and shows how loss of this organisation affects ...

Structure of a lymph node (IMAGE) Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO) Caption Structure of a lymph node whose endothelial cells (green) are capturing the nanovesicles called exosomes ...

In almost all solid tumors—i.e. cancers with a solid tissue structure—the detection of tumor cells in the lymph nodes is considered a decisive marker for the progression of the disease. Lymph node ...

Tumors, such as melanoma, release nanovesicles called exosomes (gray) that travel and lodge in the lymph nodes. There they corrupt the behavior of lymph cells. The lymphatic vessels (green) branch out ...