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 ...

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.

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

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.