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Nonvenous origin of dermal lymphatic vasculature.
Circulation research - 8 May 2015
Martinez-Corral Ines, Ulvmar Maria H, Stanczuk Lukas, Tatin Florence, Kizhatil Krishnakumar, John Simon W M, Alitalo Kari, Ortega Sagrario, Makinen Taija
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: The formation of the blood vasculature is achieved via 2 fundamentally different mechanisms, de novo formation of vessels from endothelial progenitors (vasculogenesis) and sprouting of vessels from pre-existing ones (angiogenesis). In contrast, mammalian lymphatic vasculature is thought to form exclusively by sprouting from embryonic veins (lymphangiogenesis). Alternative nonvenous sources of lymphatic...
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