Lymphatic endothelium in health and disease

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-108

  Jurisic, Giorgia ^a   Detmar, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Development; Inflammation; Lymphangiogenesis; Lymphedema; VEGF C

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; LIPID;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CELL MIGRATION; FAT INTAKE; HEALTH; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LIPID ABSORPTION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE WATER;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; DIETARY FATS; ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 57749173818     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-008-0644-2     Document Type: Review

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