Initial afferent lymphatic vessels controlling outbound leukocyte traffic from skin to lymph nodes.

Initial afferent lymphatic vessels controlling outbound leukocyte traffic from skin to lymph nodes.

Tissue drains fluid and macromolecules through lymphatic vessels, which are lined by a specialized endothelium that expresses peculiar differentiation proteins, not found in blood vessels (i.e: LYVE-1, Podoplanin, PROX-1 and VEGFR-3). Lymphatic capillaries are characteristically devoid of a continuo...

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Main Authors: Ignacio eMelero, Alvaro eTeijeira, Ana eRouzaut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
Inflammation
dendritic cell
Migration
T cell
Lymphatic vessel
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00433/full

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