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During inflammation, lymph nodes swell with an influx of immune cells. New findings identify a signalling pathway that induces relaxation in the contractile cells that give structure to these organs. See Letter p.498

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Figure 1: Lymph-node swelling during the inflammatory response.

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  1. Kari Vaahtomeri and Michael Sixt are at the Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria.,

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Vaahtomeri, K., Sixt, M. Relax and come in. Nature 514, 441–442 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/514441a

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