Title: lymphocyte homing
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - lymphocyte homing
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.13403
Status: current

Definition
Process that directs lymphocyte subsets to specialized microenvironments that control their differentiation, regulate their survival, and target immune effector cells to sites of antigenic or microbial invasion.

Related Terms
- antigenic: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12885
- homing: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13221
- homing receptor: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13222
- lymphocyte: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13399

Source
- PAC, 2012, 84, 1113. 'IUPAC glossary of terms used in immunotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 1205 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-11-06-03)

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- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13403/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13403/xml

Citation: Citation: 'lymphocyte homing' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.13403
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