The lymphatic vasculature mediates essential physiological functions including fluid
homeostasis, lipid and hormone transport, and immune cell trafficking. Recent studies have …

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the role of lymphatics in organ repair
and regeneration, due to their importance in immune surveillance and fluid homeostasis …

The cardiac lymphatic vascular system and its potentially critical functions in heart patients
have been largely underappreciated, in part due to a lack of experimentally accessible …

The lymphatic vasculature has an essential role in maintaining normal fluid balance in
tissues and modulating the inflammatory response to injury or pathogens. Disruption of …

Background Lymphatic vessels interconnect with blood vessels to form an elaborate system
that aids in the control of tissue pressure and edema formation. Although the lymphatic …

Objective: Lymphatics play an essential pathophysiological role in promoting fluid and
immune cell tissue clearance. Conversely, immune cells may influence lymphatic function …

Heart disease remains the single largest cause of death in developed countries, and novel
therapeutic interventions are desperately needed to alleviate this growing burden. The …

The lymphatic system plays crucial roles in regulating fluid homeostasis, immune
surveillance, and lipid transport. As is in most of the body's organs, the heart possesses an …

In recent decades, treatments for myocardial infarction (MI), such as stem and progenitor cell
therapy, have attracted considerable scientific and clinical attention but failed to improve …

Myocardial infarction (MI) arising from obstruction of the coronary circulation engenders
massive cardiomyocyte loss and replacement by non-contractile scar tissue, leading to …