Anatomy and development of the cardiac lymphatic vasculature: Its role in injury and disease

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 305-315

  Norman, Sophie ^a   Riley, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiac lymphatics; cellular origins; lymphangiogenesis; lymphatic development

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN C;

ANATOMY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIAC LYMPHATIC VASCULATURE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL BUDDING; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC ENDOTHELIAL CELL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; HEART; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HEART; LYMPHATIC VESSELS;

EID: 84947997153     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22638     Document Type: Review

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