Splitting vessels: Keeping lymph apart from blood
Nature MedicinePublished 31 January 2003
Shahin Rafii, Mihaela Skobe
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It seems that two signaling molecules expressed mainly in hematopoietic cells segregate lymphatic and blood vessels during development and tissue revascularization.
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Mixing lymph and blood in the vascular system can have dramatic effects on health, but how these two systems remain separate has been unclear. Now, it seems that two signaling molecules expressed mainly in hematopoietic cells segregate lymphatic and blood vessels during development and tissue revascularization.
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