Peripheral lymphoid tissues are dynamic structures that change in response to infection; for example, B-cell follicles in lymph nodes expand as B lymphocytes proliferate to form germinal centers, causing the lymph node to enlarge.

Authors

• Person: Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport M Organization: Garland Science
  The components of the immune system - Immunobiology - NCBI - NIH

Sources

• The components of the immune system - Immunobiology - NCBI - NIH www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport M · Garland Science via serper

Referenced by nodes (4)

• infection concept
• lymph node concept
• B lymphocytes concept
• lymph nodes location