Corneal lymphatic valve formation in relation to lymphangiogenesis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1876-1883

  Truong, Tan ^a,b   Huang, Eric ^a,b   Yuen, Don ^a,b   Chen, Lu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal inflammation; Lymphangiogenesis; Lymphatic valve

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEAL INFLAMMATORY LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; CORNEAL LYMPHATIC VALVE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; IMAGING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUTURING METHOD; TIME; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; VASCULAR SUTURE;

CORNEAL INFLAMMATION; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC VALVE;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

EID: 84896901613     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12251     Document Type: Article

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