Hepatocyte growth factor promotes lymphatic vessel formation and function
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Hepatocyte growth factor promotes lymphatic vessel formation and function.
The lymphatic vascular system plays a pivotal role in mediating tissue fluid homeostasis and cancer metastasis, but the molecular mechanisms that regulate its formation and function remain poorly characterized. A comparative analysis of the gene expression of purified lymphatic endothelial cells (LEC) versus blood vascular endothelial cells (BVEC) revealed that LEC express significantly higher ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The EMBO Journal
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0261-4189,1460-2075
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600763