LYMPHATIC NODULES (follicles)

Query  to the TRRD database:
genes expressing in LYMPHATIC NODULES
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Location: in the walls of alimentary canal (tonsils, appendix and cecum, Peyer's patches), respiratory passages, and genitourinary tract, as well as in the other parts of the body.

Function: guard the body from and respond to entry of infectious organisms and toxins.

Primary nodule

Composition: oval concentrations of lymphocytes contained in meshwork of reticular cells.

Secondary nodule

Composition:

Function: morphologic indication of lymphatic tissue response to antigen that represents a cascade of events that includes proliferation of lymphocytes, differentiation of plasma cell, and antibody production.