The lymph nodes, spleen, tonsils and Peyer’s patches are examples of secondary lymphoid tissue. Chronic inflammation can lead to the development of tertiary lymphoid tissue. The status of immune ...

A hybrid extracellular matrix–hydrogel with tunable mechanical stiffness and biochemical composition of young or aged cardiac tissue is used to identify the specific contributions of ...

Recent evidence implicates MMPs, particularly collagenases such as matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1), as key in driving tissue destruction during pulmonary TB.5–7 Since MMPs may cause uncontrolled ...