Lymph vessels: the forgotten second circulation in health and disease

Lukasz A. Adamczyk, Kristiana Gordon, Ivana Kholová, Lorine B. Meijer-Jorna, Niklas Telinius, Patrick J. Gallagher, Allard C. van der Wal, Ulrik Baandrup

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Abstract

The lymphatic circulation is still a somewhat forgotten part of the circulatory system. Despite this, novel insights in lymph angiogenesis in health and disease, application of immune markers for lymphatic growth and differentiation and also the introduction of new imaging techniques to visualize the lymphatic circulation have improved our understanding of lymphatic function in both health and disease, especially in the last decade. These achievements yield better understanding of the various manifestations of lymph oedemas and malformations, and also the patterns of lymphovascular spread of cancers. Immune markers that recognize lymphatic endothelium antigens, such as podoplanin, LYVE-1 and Prox-1, can be successfully applied in diagnostic pathology and have revealed (at least partial) lymphatic differentiation in many types of vascular lesions
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3-17
JournalVirchows Archiv
Volume469
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

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