Mast cells initiate lymphocyte egress from distant lymph nodes upon skin inflammation via a RANKL-sphingosine-1-phosphate axis
Konstantinos Katsoulis‐Dimitriou, Waqar Umer, Laura Knop, Tanja Schickschneit, Aaron Hoffmann, Ali El-Bizri, Lea M. Schmitter, Kathleen Baumgart, Nouria Jantz-Naeem, Vladyslava Dovhan, Charlotte Heidelbach, Lars Philipsen, Andreas J. Müller, Stephan Fricke, Sascha Kahlfuß, , Anne Dudeck
This study shows that mast cells use a RANKL-S1P axis to control lymphocyte egress from distant lymph nodes during skin inflammation.
Journal of Clinical Investigation · Sep 24, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology