Molecular regulation of lymphatic contractility

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1131, Issue , 2008, Pages 89-99

  Muthuchamy, Mariappan ^a   Zawieja, David ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium regulation; Lymph flow; Lymph pump; Lymphatic muscle; Regulatory proteins

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL INTERACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHEDEMA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 44449143412     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1413.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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