The lymphatic vasculature revisited

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 874-877

  Kerjaschki, Dontscho ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PODOPLANIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CAPILLARY; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MACROPHAGES; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84896746368     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI74854     Document Type: Review

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