Tonsils

Some recent studies suggest the appendix has similar immunological role as e.g. tonsils. That means that they contain lymphatic tissue, where some immunological events take place; probably microbe antigen presentation by macrophages and such cells to T cells. This ...

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... Killer cells. These cells circulate in the blood and are especially rich in body organs like the liver, spleen, thymus, lymph nodes, adenoids, tonsils and bone marrow. Spirulina up-regulates these key cells and organs, improving their ability to function in spite of stresses from environmental ...

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That's what they thought about our tonsils too

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... that is, capable of an immune response. Then, they migrate to blood or also to secondary lymphocyte organs such as spleen, lymph nodes and tonsils (where an immunity response develops) Specific immunity is divided in two main groups. Humoral immunity (or immunity mediated by antibodies) ...

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... advanced stages of the disease or, more commonly, after they had died. In January of 1999 it was found that the prion protein accumulated in the tonsils and could be detected by an immunofluorescence test on tonsilar biopsies. A second test was simultaneously developed which was based on a Western ...

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