Critical roles of VEGF-C-VEGF receptor 3 in reconnection of the collecting lymph vessels in mice

Microcirculation

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 591-603

  Ikomi, Fumitaka ^a   Kawai, Yoshiko ^a   Nakayama, Jun ^a   Ogiwara, Naoko ^a   Sasaki, Katsunori ^a   Mizuno, Risuke ^a   Ohhashi, Toshio ^a  

^a Department of Physiology ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Collecting lymphangiogenesis; Expression of VEGF receptors; Flt4 VEGFR 3; Lymphatic endothelial cells; Lymphatic smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MICE; REGENERATION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-3;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 57149113370     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10739680701815538     Document Type: Article

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