Blood is thicker than lymph

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-26

  Kahn, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; RECEPTOR ACTIVITY MODIFYING PROTEIN 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; EDEMA; EMBRYO DEATH; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; LYMPH; LYMPH VESSEL; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELLS, CULTURED; EDEMA; EMBRYO LOSS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CALCITONIN; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 38149081414     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI34485     Document Type: Note

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