Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have uncovered a critical link between the immune system in early life and ...

Tissue and vessel wall stiffening alters endothelial cell properties and contributes to vascular dysfunction. However, whether extracellular matrix (ECM) stiffness impacts vascular development is not ...

Lymphatic vessels form a circulatory system that plays an important role in controlling the amount of fluid in tissues, and allowing the immune system to identify and target threats. When the ...

The mammalian vascular system consists of two networks: the blood vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system. Throughout the body, the lymphatic system contributes to homeostatic mechanisms by ...

Lymphangiogenesis refers to the formation and remodeling of lymphatic vessels (a network of thin tubes that carry lymph in the lymphatic system), and it supports the transport of molecules and immune ...

Researchers from Kumamoto University (Japan) have clarified the mechanism by which blood and lymph vessels remain segregated from one another after development. The characteristics and structures of ...

A lab at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has discovered a signaling pathway that regulates the development of the human lymphatic vascular system. This particular pathway—the Wnt signaling ...

Four studies identify alternative origins for cells of the developing lymphatic system, challenging the long-standing view that they all come from veins. A series of rodent experiments showed that ...

Defects in the lymphatic system have been linked to a wide range of health consequences, but new findings of how the system works could lead to future therapies. Scientists at the Oklahoma Medical ...

For 10 years, Karina Yaniv has worked to find out just how much zebrafish have in common with mice—at least when it comes to their lymphatic systems, the open-ended networks of vessels best known for ...