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Response in distant lymph nodes of mice to infection in the hind footpad with Mycobacterium marinum.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7380564     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In an attempt to demonstrate the importance of the popliteal lymph node in limiting the progress of infection with Mycobacterium marinum in the hind footpads of C57BL mice, such infections were studied in mice subjected to popliteal or popliteal and inguinal adenectomies. In the absence of the popliteal node, the footpad infection was only slightly enhanced compared with infections of sham-operated control mice; the inguinal node was found to be greatly enlarged and appeared to have substituted for the absent popliteal node. In the absence of both popliteal and inguinal nodes, the disease process in the footpads was again only slightly enhanced, and the axillary node appeared to have enlarged greatly and to have functionally replaced the missing, more proximate nodes. In additional experiments, mice subjected to adenectomy only on one side and injected in that hind footpad with phytohemagglutinin or India ink demonstrated hypertrophy or deposition of carbon particles in the more distant node only on the side of the injection. Thus, there appear to be rather direct functional connections among popliteal, inguinal, and axillary nodes that do not depend on blood circulation.
Authors:
N Mor; I Lutsky; L Levy
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Infection and immunity     Volume:  28     ISSN:  0019-9567     ISO Abbreviation:  Infect. Immun.     Publication Date:  1980 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1980-08-28     Completed Date:  1980-08-28     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0246127     Medline TA:  Infect Immun     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  225-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
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Animals
Hindlimb
Lymph Node Excision
Lymph Nodes / immunology*,  pathology
Lymphocyte Activation
Lymphocytes / immunology
Macrophages / immunology
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mycobacteria, Atypical / growth & development
Mycobacterium Infections / immunology*
Mycobacterium Infections, Atypical / immunology*,  pathology
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