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Intravital two-photon microscopy of lymphatic vessel development and function using a transgenic <i>Prox1</i> promoter-directed mOrange2 reporter mouse
21 Nov 2011
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Lymphatic vessels, the second vascular system of higher vertebrates, are indispensable for fluid tissue homoeostasis, dietary fat resorption and immune surveillance. Not only are lymphatic vessels formed during fetal development, when the lymphatic endothelium differentiates and separates from blood endothelial cells, but also lymphangiogenesis occurs during adult life under conditions of inflammation, wound...
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