The brain harbors a unique ability to, figuratively speaking, shift its gears. During wakefulness, the brain is geared fully toward processing information and behaving, while …
Blood and lymphatic vessels form a versatile transport network and provide inductive signals to regulate tissue-specific functions. Blood vessels in bone regulate osteogenesis and …
Vaccination represents the best line of defense against infectious diseases and is crucial in curtailing pandemic spread of emerging pathogens to which a population has limited …
ST Proulx - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is produced by the choroid plexuses within the ventricles of the brain and circulates through the subarachnoid space of the skull and spinal column to …
Blood vessels form a versatile transport network that is best known for its critical roles in processes such as tissue oxygenation, metabolism and immune surveillance. The …
T Mäkinen, LM Boon, M Vikkula, K Alitalo - Circulation research, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Lymphatic vessels maintain tissue fluid homeostasis by returning to blood circulation interstitial fluid that has extravasated from the blood capillaries. They provide a trafficking …
X Liu, E De la Cruz, X Gu, L Balint, M Oxendine-Burns… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Recent studies have suggested that lymphatics help to restore heart function after cardiac injury,,,,–. Here we report that lymphatics promote cardiac growth, repair and …
MANN Stepp, ASUE Menko - Translational Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The eye is regarded as an immune privileged site. Since the presence of a vasculature would impair vision, the vasculature of the eye is located outside of the central light path. As …
EA Korhonen, A Murtomäki, SK Jha… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGF-C) induces lymphangiogenesis via VEGF receptor 3 (VEGFR3), which is encoded by the most frequently mutated gene in human …