Splenic lymphocyte recirculation

Value 2.7e+11 lymphocytes/day
Organism Pig Sus species
Reference Pabst R. The spleen in lymphocyte migration. Immunol Today. 1988 Feb9(2):43-5. DOI: 10.1016/0167-5699(88)91258-3 p.43 left column bottom paragraphPubMed ID3256315
Primary Source [4] Pabst R, Trepel F. The predominant role of the spleen in lymphocyte recirculation. I. Homing of lymphocytes to and release from the isolated perfused pig spleen. Cell Tissue Kinet. 1975 Nov8(6):529-41.PubMed ID1201582
Comments P.43 left column bottom paragraph: "In pigs, splenic lymphocyte recirculation was estimated as 2.7×10^11 lymphocytes per day, about 30 times the circulating blood pool [primary source] and the same relative order of magnitude as in the rat."
Entered by Uri M
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