Lymphatic filariasis: Perspectives on lymphatic remodeling and contractile dysfunction in filarial disease pathogenesis

Microcirculation

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 349-364

  Chakraborty, Sanjukta ^a   Gurusamy, Manokaran ^b   Zawieja, David C ^a   Muthuchamy, Mariappan ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b APOLLO HOSPITALS   (India)

Author keywords

Filarial pathogenesis; Host parasite interaction; Inflammation; Lymphatic contraction; Molecular mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FILARIA; FLUID TRANSPORT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FILARIAL PATHOGENESIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHATIC CONTRACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANISMS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; WUCHERERIA;

EID: 84880286562     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/micc.12031     Document Type: Article

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