Live imaging of newly formed lymphatic vessels in the cornea

Cell Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1745-1749

  Yuen, Don ^a   Wu, Xiufeng ^a,b   Kwan, Alex C ^a   LeDue, Jeffrey ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Ecoiffier, Tatiana ^a   Pytowski, Bronislaw ^c   Chen, Lu ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL; CORNEA; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG ANTAGONISM; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTER; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION; VIDEO MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 82655177937     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2011.178     Document Type: Letter

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