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The bronchus-associated-lymphoid tissue (BALT) an unique lymphoid organ in man and animals
1Immunomorphology, Centre of Anatomy, Medical School Hannover, Germany.
Abstract:
The development structure and number of bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue (BALT) will be described in many different animals (like chicken, rabbit, mouse, rat, farm animals and particular the pig, monkey) and these data compared to healthy man and in human diseases. The term induced BALT should not be used because it is a tertiary lymphoid structure, which lacks the contact to a bronchus and does not consist of the important area (dome area) which is essential for antigen uptake of microbial stimuli, which are essential in the development of BALT. Mycoplasma seems to play a critical role as shown in pigs but there not been documented in other species like rabbits. More studies have to be performed in health and disease (e.g. in apes) to document the structural and functional basis to use BALT as an entry site for vaccination protocols.
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