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SUBMITTER: Rasmussen JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2692490 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rasmussen John C JC Tan I-Chih IC Marshall Milton V MV Fife Caroline E CE Sevick-Muraca Eva M EM
Current opinion in biotechnology 20090223 1
While the lymphatic system is increasingly associated with diseases of prevalence, study of these diseases is difficult owing to the paucity of imaging techniques with the sensitivity and temporal resolution to discriminate lymphatic function. Herein, we review the known, pertinent features of the human lymphatic system in health and disease and set the context for a number of emerging studies that use near-infrared fluorescence imaging to non-invasively assess tumor draining lymphatic basins in ...[more]