Intestinal cancer: Cancer in the intestine can move to lymph nodes in the mesentery, resulting in the spread of cancerous tumors outside the intestine.

New discoveries and clinical implications To better understand how the intestines “screen” for harmful bacteria and keep them at bay, the researchers looked at gut-draining lymph nodes in mice.

Kappel-Latif, S., et al. (2023). Altered B cell expansion and maturation in draining mesenteric lymph nodes of inflamed gut in Crohn’s disease. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and ...

Intestinal Divide Mucida and colleagues uncovered a functional segmentation in mice by examining intestinal structures called gut draining lymph nodes, which orchestrate immune responses.

More information: Intestinal tissue resident T cell activation depends on metabolite availability., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2022). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2202144119 ...

The small intestine, for example, which absorbs essential nutrients from food and drink and protects the body from invasive microbes, is literally teeming with bacteria, which help break down waste.

Swollen lymph nodes after a vaccine might show up on a mammogram – particularly in October, when many women get flu shots and mammograms during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, one doctor said ...