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SUBMITTER: Kim H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3544876 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Harold H Cruz Maribelle M Bourdeau Annie A Dumont Daniel J DJ
PloS one 20130114 1
Lymphangiogenesis is a highly regulated process that involves the reprogramming of venous endothelial cells into early lymphatic endothelial cells. This reprogramming not only displays a polarized expression pattern from the cardinal vein, but also demonstrates vascular specificity; early lymphatics only develop from the cardinal vein and not the related dorsal aorta. In our transgenic model of lymphangiogenesis, we demonstrate that Prox1 overexpression has the ability to reprogram venous endoth ...[more]