Sympathetic nerve tissue in milky spots of the human greater omentum
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DOI: 10.1111/joa.13077
Abstract: Omental milky spots (OMSs), small lymphoid structures positioned in the greater omentum, are involved in peritoneal immune homeostasis and the formation of omental metastases. Sympathetic nerve activity is known to regulate immune function in other… read more here.
Keywords: milky spots; greater omentum; human greater; nerve ... See more keywords
Abstract TMEM-028: OMENTAL MACROPHAGES REGULATE OVARIAN CANCER METASTATIC COLONIZATION
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DOI: 10.1158/1557-3265.ovcasymp16-tmem-028
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Metastatic ovarian cancer remains an urgent clinical problem. The homing and invasion of cancer cells into the omental adipose tissue, which is the preferred site of ovarian cancer metastasis, is a critical step in… read more here.
Keywords: milky spots; omental macrophages; colonization; ovarian cancer ... See more keywords