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ArticleThe American journal of pathology2017

TNFΔARE Mice Display Abnormal Lymphatics and Develop Tertiary Lymphoid Organs in the Mesentery.

Sonia Rehal, Pierre-Yves von der Weid

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Article in The American journal of pathology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Lymphatic alterations in Crohn's disease: the villain or victim.American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2025
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  12. Lymphatic Vascular Permeability.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2022
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  14. Adipose tissue microenvironments during aging: Effects on stimulated lipolysis.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular and cell biology of lipids · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sonia RehalInflammation Research Network and Smooth Muscle Research Group, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Pierre-Yves von der WeidInflammation Research Network and Smooth Muscle Research Group, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: vonderwe@ucalgary.ca.
University of Calgary · CA

Funding

Ionic Mechanisms of Stretch-Activation in Muscular LymphaticsR01HL096552 · NHLBI · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI VON DER WEID, PIERRE-YVES, ZAWIEJA, DAVID CARL · 2009 to 2012
$1.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL096552
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic inflammatory diseases are associated with a persistent and enhanced response to environmental antigens. As an adaptive response to this exaggerated immune state, affected tissue typically develops tertiary lymphoid organs. Studies of Crohn disease (CD), a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestinal tract, report tertiary lymphoid organs present within the mucosal wall, along with other lymphatic diseases, such as lymphangiogenesis and obstructed lymphatic vessels. These observations suggest that downstream mesenteric lymphatic vessels and lymph drainage into mesenteric lymph nodes may be compromised. However, information is lacking on the morphologic features and functional status of mesenteric lymphatics in CD. Using confocal imaging, PCR, flow cytometry, and functional strategies, we addressed these questions in the established TNFΔARE mouse model of CD and found that this mouse model had many lymphatic abnormalities reminiscent of human CD. These abnormalities include intestinal lymphangiectasia, mesenteric lymph node lymphadenopathy, and lymphangiogenesis in both the mesentery and mucosa. Critically, TNFΔARE mice also present mesenteric tertiary lymphoid organs and have altered lymphatic transport of dendritic cells to mesenteric lymph nodes, two features likely to actively modulate immunity. Our findings provide key insights into lymphatic remodeling in the TNFΔARE mouse model. They shed light on the involvement of these lymphatic changes in immune dysfunctions observed in CD and suggest the lymphatic system as new target for therapeutic options.

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AnimalsBiological TransportChronic DiseaseCX3C Chemokine Receptor 1Dendritic CellsIleitisIleumLipid MetabolismLymphadenopathyLymphangiogenesisLymphatic SystemLymph NodesMesenteryMice, TransgenicReceptors, CCR7Receptors, ChemokineCX3C Chemokine Receptor 1Cx3cr1 protein, mouseReceptors, CCR7Receptors, Chemokine

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PMID28183530
PMCPMC5397719
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