Lymphatic vessels: Structure and function

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 762-767

  Rovenská, Emília ^a   Rovensky J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Immune cells; Interstitium of connective tissue; Lymphatic capillaries; Specialized inter endothelial junctions

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; HYALURONIC ACID; PODOPLANIN; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D;

ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INFLAMMATION; INTERSTITIUM; LYMPH; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM PROCESSES; INFLAMMATION; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; LYMPH;

EID: 84858042783     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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