Peritoneal defences and peritoneum-associated lymphoid tissue
- 1 August 1996
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 83 (8), 1031-1036
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800830804
Abstract
The peritoneum is mainly protected by the innate immune system. This consists of mechanical clearance of the peritoneal cavity, activation of complement, and the actions of polymorphonuclear neutrophils and macrophages. The specific immune system, which is mediated by the activity of lymphocytes, provides a secondary amplification system that may be of great importance for patients with intraperitoneal sepsis. This review provides an overview of the relevant innate immune mechanisms and explores the possible role of peritoneum-associated lymphoid tissue.This publication has 52 references indexed in Scilit:
- Complement in human diseases: looking towards the 21st centuryImmunology Today, 1995
- The immune system evolved to discriminate infectious nonself from noninfectious selfImmunology Today, 1992
- Milky spots in the mouse omentum may play an important role in the origin of peritoneal macrophagesResearch in Immunology, 1992
- Modulation of postsurgical macrophage function by early postsurgical polymorphonuclear leukocytesJournal of Surgical Research, 1992
- Chemoattractant and opsonic activity in ascitic fluid: A study in 47 patients with cirrhosis or malignant peritonitisJournal of Hepatology, 1991
- Milky spots of the omentum: A source of peritoneal cells in the normal and stimulated animal.Archives of Histology and Cytology, 1990
- Milky Spots in the Human Greater OmentumCells Tissues Organs, 1989
- Observations on the peritoneum as an absorbing surfaceAmerican Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1962
- STUDIES ON ABSORPTION FROM SEROUS CAVITIESAmerican Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content, 1916
- Ueber Eiter- und BindegewebskörperchenVirchows Archiv A Pathological Anatomy and Histopathology, 1863