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Alexander D Daley1, Cécile Bénézech1
1Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh, UK.
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Milky spots of the omentum enable lymphocyte access to the peritoneal cavity. In this issue of JEM, Yoshihara and Okabe (2023. J. Exp. Med.https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20221813) demonstrate how secretion of retinoic acid by fibroblastic reticular cells allows lymphocyte entry into milky spots and the peritoneal cavity.
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