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SUBMITTER: Narimatsu A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6393676 | biostudies-other | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Narimatsu Akitomo A Hattori Takaaki T Koike Naohito N Tajima Kazuki K Nakagawa Hayate H Yamakawa Naoyuki N Usui Yoshihiko Y Kumakura Shigeto S Matsumoto Tetsuya T Goto Hiroshi H
Scientific reports 20190227 1
Lymphatic vessels play a crucial role in systemic immune response and regulation of tissue fluid homeostasis. Corneal lymphangiogenesis in bacterial keratitis has not been studied. In this study, we investigated the mechanism and the role of corneal lymphangiogenesis in a murine bacterial keratitis model using Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We first demonstrated that corneal lymphangiogenesis was enhanced mainly in the late stage of bacterial keratitis, contrary to corneal angiogenesis that started ear ...[more]