Macrophage-mediated lymphangiogenesis: The emerging role of macrophages as lymphatic endothelial progenitors

Cancers

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 618-657

  Ran, Sophia ^a   Montgomery, Kyle E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphangiogenesis; Lymphatic endothelial cell progenitors; Lymphatic metastasis; Lymphvasculogenesis; Tumor associated macrophages

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; INTEGRIN ALPHA 9; LYVE 1 PROTEIN; NEUROPILIN 2; PODOPLANIN; PROSPERO RELATED HOMEOBOX 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; LYMPH VESSEL METASTASIS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; TUMOR GROWTH; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84866950486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers4030618     Document Type: Review

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