Developmental and pathological lymphangiogenesis: From models to human disease

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1063-1078

  Maby El Hajjami, Hélène ^a   Petrova, Tatiana V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Lymphangiogenesis; Lymphedema; Tumor metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ALBENDAZOLE; ANGIOPOIETIN; ANTIGEN; APOPTOSIS STIMULATING PROTEIN OF P53; CALCITONIN RECEPTOR LIKE RECEPTOR; CELL MARKER; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ELASTIN; EPHRIN B2; IVERMECTIN; PODOPLANIN; PROTEIN EMILIN1; PROTEIN KINASE SYK; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN SH2; PROTEIN SLP76; PROTEIN SPRED 1; PROTEIN SPRED2; RECEPTOR ACTIVITY MODIFYING PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3; VITAMIN;

BLOOD; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FILARIASIS; FLUID BALANCE; GENOME; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTESTINE; LIPID ABSORPTION; LIPID SOLUBILITY; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE WATER; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 56749183614     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-008-0525-5     Document Type: Review

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