high endothelial venules

high endothelial venules
specialized postcapillary venules with tall cuboidal endothelial cells, found in lymph nodes and gut-associated lymphoid tissue; they are the sites where lymphocytes recirculate from blood to lymph, binding specifically to the endothelial cells and then passing between them. Called also postcapillary v's.

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