The crucial role of macrophages in lymphangiogenesis

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2316-2319

  Kerjaschki, Dontscho ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; VASCULOTROPIN C;

CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MONOCYTE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD11B; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MACROPHAGES; MICE;

EID: 24644501637     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI26354     Document Type: Review

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