Live imaging of newly formed lymphatic vessels in the cornea
Dear Editor,Lymphatic research denotes a field of new discovery and has experienced exponential growth in recent years ”1-3”.Though lymphatic dysfunction has been found in a broad spectrum of disorders from transplant rejection to cancer metastasis,to date,there is still little effective treatment for lymphatic diseases,so it is a field with urgent demand for new experimental approaches and therapeutic protocols.The cornea provides an ideal site for lymphatic research due to its accessible location,transparent nature,and alymphatic status under normal condition ”2,4”.Indeed,the use of this tissue for tumor angiogenesis research dates back to 1970s ”5”.Most recently,we have demonstrated that the cornea possesses a full range of plasticity in lymphatic formation and regression ”6”.An advanced technology for live imaging of lymphatic vessels in this tissue would therefore have widespread applications in biomedical research.
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R329.2(人体形态学)
the National Institutes of Health and the University of California at Berkeley LC
2012-03-20(万方平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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