Lymphatics at the crossroads of angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 433-449

  Scavelli, Claudio ^a   Weber, Elisabetta ^b   Aglianò, Margherita ^b   Cirulli, Teresa ^a   Nico, Beatrice ^c   Vacca, Angelo ^a   Ribatti, Domenico ^c  

^a Dept of Biomed Sci/Human Oncology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Growth factors; Lymphangiogenesis; Tumor progression

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL TRANSPORT; EDEMA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUID BALANCE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; METASTASIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR D; WOUND HEALING;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 3042543953     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8782.2004.00293.x     Document Type: Review

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