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Abnormal lymphatic S1P signaling aggravates lymphatic dysfunction and tissue inflammation
, 2023 BACKGROUND Lymphedema is a global health problem with no effective drug treatment. Enhanced T cell immunity and abnormal lymphatic endothelial cell (LEC) signaling are promising therapeutic targets for this condition.
Dongeon Kim +17 more
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Cervicofacial Lymphatic Malformations: A Retrospective Review of 40 Cases
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2016 Background Lymphatic malformation (LM) is a form of congenital vascular malformation with a low incidence. Although LM has been studied, no consensus has emerged regarding its cause or treatment.
Byung Chae Cho +9 more
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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2021 Summary:. Investigation into the cause of lower extremity edema is essential for successful treatment; however, it is sometimes difficult to diagnose. In this case report, we present a patient with bilateral lower extremity edema in whom abnormalities ...
Hisako Hara, MD, PhD, Makoto Mihara, MD
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Prevalence and Cause of Early Fontan Complications: Does the Lymphatic Circulation Play a Role?
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020 Background Recent studies suggest that lymphatic congestion plays a role in development of late Fontan complications, such as protein‐losing enteropathy.
Reena M. Ghosh +11 more
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Retroperitoneal Lympathic Malformations as First Presentation of Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2021 Teaching Point: This case highlights the extrapulmonary lymphatic abnormalities that may be associated with pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
Christine Lenfant, Cristina Anca Dragean
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Utilizing lymphatic cell markers to visualize human lymphatic abnormalities [PDF]
Journal of Biophotonics, 2017 In vivo visualization of the human lymphatic system is limited by the mode of delivery of tracing agents, depth of field and size of the area examined, and specificity of the cell markers used to distinguish lymphatic endothelium from the blood vessels and the surrounding tissues.
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Mechanical forces in lymphatic vessel development: Focus on transcriptional regulation
Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 The lymphatic system is crucial for the maintenance of interstitial fluid and protein homeostasis. It has important roles in collecting excess plasma and interstitial fluid leaked from blood vessels, lipid absorption and transportation in the digestive ...
Naoto Ujiie, Tsutomu Kume
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Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Lymphatic Endothelial Junction Integrity
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 The lymphatic system is essential for lipid absorption/transport from the digestive system, maintenance of tissue fluid and protein homeostasis, and immune surveillance.
Pieter R. Norden, Tsutomu Kume
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Abnormal lung lymphatics and respiratory failure. [PDF]
Thorax, 1989 A 65 year old man presented with respiratory failure, pleural effusions, fine reticulonodular shadowing on a chest radiograph, and severe impairment of carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (transfer factor). Open lung biopsy showed only dilated pleural and subpleural lymphatic channels.
S F, Moss +5 more
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Primary lymphangioma, lymphedema of the lower limb of the fetus in the practice of ultrasound
Медицинский вестник Юга России, 2022 Scientifically based and experimentally confirmed data on the morphogenesis of the lymphatic system are necessary to clarify critical periods of development characterized by an increased risk of congenital anomalies of the lymphatic system in order to ...
O. A. Aksenova +5 more
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