… A landmark study by Roger Palframan and Ulrich von Andrian has shown that during
inflammation in the skin, large numbers of blood-borne monocytes are directly recruited to lymph …

Interstitial fluid is constantly drained into lymph nodes (LNs) via afferent lymph vessels. This
conduit enables monocyte-derived macrophages and dendritic cells to access LNs from …

Lymphocyte homing to secondary lymphoid tissue is defined by a multistep sequence of
interactions between lymphocytes and endothelial cells in high endothelial venules (HEVs). …

Aims: To develop a quantitative equation [prebiotic index (PI)] to aid the analysis of prebiotic
fermentation of commercially available and novel prebiotic carbohydrates in vitro, using …

The CC-chemokine eotaxin is a potent eosinophil chemoattractant that stimulates recruitment
of eosinophils from the blood to sites of allergic inflammation. Mobilization from the bone …

The growth of nine species of Bifidobacterium on media containing glucose, xylose,
xylooligosaccharides (XOS), xylan or fructooligosaccharides (FOS) as the sole carbon source were …

The integrin αLβ2 has three different domains in its headpiece that have been suggested to
either bind ligand or to regulate ligand binding. One of these, the inserted or I domain, has a …

Challenge of the airways of sensitized guinea pigs with aerosolized ovalbumin resulted in
an early phase of microvascular protein leakage and a delayed phase of eosinophil …

Aims: To determine the fermentation profiles by human gut bacteria of arabino‐oligosaccharides
of varying degree of polymerization. Materials and Methods: Sugar beet arabinan was …

Mobilization of bone marrow eosinophils is a critical early step in their trafficking to the lung
during allergic inflammatory reactions. We have shown previously that the cytokine …