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  • Title: Ontogenic development of gut-associated lymphoid tissue in the rat. An immunohistochemical study.
    Author: Nakamura S, Sumi Y, Nagura H.
    Journal: Acta Pathol Jpn; 1988 Oct; 38(10):1267-83. PubMed ID: 3064543.
    Abstract:
    The development of gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) in the rat was investigated, with special reference to the behavior and ultrastructure of Ia(+) cells during the development of Peyer's patches (PP). At birth, Ia(+) cells were randomly scattered in the lamina propria. From three days, small aggregates of CD4(+), Ia(+), CD5(-) and IL-1(+) cells were observed in the lamina propria. Immunoelectron microscopically, these appeared as mixed populations of dendritic cells, capillary endothelial cells, fibroblast-like spindle cells and lymphocytes. In addition, CD8(+), CD4(-) and IL-1(-) cells were present in the interepithelial space. By seven days, lymphoid follicles were recognizable in the lamina propria, each with an aggregate of IgM-positive small lymphocytes at its center, surrounded by CD4(+) or CD8(+) lymphocytes. Between the 10th and 14th days, these follicles were covered with single-layered, specially differentiated epithelial cells, and structures resembling PP were formed. IgA plasma cells were identified in the lamina propria between the third and the fourth weeks. We speculate that the PP developed from aggregates of Ia(+), IL-1(+) spindle- or dendritic-shaped cells in the lamina propria. The PP were structurally complete by two weeks, although establishment of the characteristic distribution of GALT components evident in the adult took more than six weeks.
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