Lymphocyte migration through the walls of the post-capillary venules.
The results of morphological analyses of the direction of the lymphocyte traffic through the walls of the HE-venules are conflicting. The aim of this paper is to provide a short analytical review of the evidence available for the bi-directional hypothesis and for the uni-directional hypothesis.
D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D004727:Endothelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000098:blood supply*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D014680:Veins / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D014699:Venules / Q000648:ultrastructure*