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- Title
Chronic Inflammation: A Common Promoter in Tertiary Lymphoid Organ Neogenesis.
- Authors
Luo, Shanshan; Zhu, Rui; Yu, Ting; Fan, Heng; Hu, Yu; Mohanta, Sarajo Kumar; Hu, Desheng
- Abstract
Tertiary lymphoid organs (TLOs) frequently develop locally in adults in response to non-resolving inflammation. Chronic inflammation leads to the differentiation of stromal fibroblast cells toward lymphoid tissue organizer-like cells, which interact with lymphotoxin α 1 β 2 + immune cells. The interaction initiates lymphoid neogenesis by recruiting immune cells to the site of inflammation and ultimately leads to the formation of TLOs. Mature TLOs harbor a segregated T-cell zone, B-cell follicles with an activated germinal center, follicular dendritic cells, and high endothelial venules, which architecturally resemble those in secondary lymphoid organs. Since CXCL13 and LTα1β2 play key roles in TLO neogenesis, they might constitute potential biomarkers of TLO activity. The well-developed TLOs actively regulate local immune responses and influence disease progression, and they are thereby regarded as the powerhouses of local immunity. In this review, we recapitulated the determinants for TLOs development, with great emphasis on the fundamental role of chronic inflammation and tissue-resident stromal cells for TLO neogenesis, hence offering guidance for therapeutic interventions in TLO-associated diseases.
- Subjects
FOLLICULAR dendritic cells; LYMPHOID tissue; GERMINAL centers; STROMAL cells; INFLAMMATION
- Publication
Frontiers in Immunology, 2019, Vol 10, p1
- ISSN
1664-3224
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fimmu.2019.02938