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Cellular phenotypes and spatio-temporal patterns of lymphatic vessel development in embryonic mouse hearts.
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists - 1 Sept 2012
Flaht A, Jankowska-Steifer E, Radomska D M, Madej M, Gula G, Kujawa M, Ratajska A
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BACKGROUND: The origin of cardiac lymphatics from venous endothelial cells or from scattered lymphangioblasts has been discussed in the literature. We aimed to establish the stage when lymphatic vessels appear in the developing mouse heart, the location of the first lymphatics, and to define cellular phenotypes of growing lymphatics. RESULTS: We found that scattered Lyve-1-positive cells located in the...
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