Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27400749›Full record

ArticleJournal of translational medicine2016

Invariant asymmetry renews the lymphatic vasculature during homeostasis.

Alicia L Connor, Philip M Kelley, Richard M Tempero

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of translational medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Alk1 acts in non-endothelial VE-cadherinNature communications · 2023
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alicia L ConnorDepartment of Neurosensory Genetics and Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Boys Town National Research Hospital, 555 North 30th Street, Omaha, NE, 68131, USA.
Philip M KelleyDepartment of Neurosensory Genetics and Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Boys Town National Research Hospital, 555 North 30th Street, Omaha, NE, 68131, USA.
Richard M TemperoDepartment of Neurosensory Genetics and Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Boys Town National Research Hospital, 555 North 30th Street, Omaha, NE, 68131, USA. richard.tempero@boystown.org.
Boys Town · US

Funding

UNMC Structural Biology CoreP20GM103427 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI Heather Colleen Jensen-Smith · 2012 to 2026
$59.2M
ZINC FINGER-INSPIRED FLUORESCENT CHEMOSENSORSP20RR016469 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI TURPEN, JAMES B · 2001 to 2011
$36.2M
TRANSGENIC EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF MIRNA-144P20RR018788 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI NYSTUEN, ARNE M · 2003 to 2011
$16.5M
INTEGRIN REGULATION OF CORNEAL LYMPHATIC VESSEL GROWTH AND REGRESSIONR01EY021571 · NEI · FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME · PI TEMPERO, RICHARD M. · 2012 to 2016
$1.5M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR016469NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR018788NEI NIH HHS R01 EY021571NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103427
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe lymphatic vasculature regulates tissue physiology and immunity throughout life. The self renewal mechanism that maintains the lymphatic vasculature during conditions of homeostasis is unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the cellular mechanism of lymphatic endothelial cell (LEC) self renewal and lymphatic vessel maintenance.

methodsInductive genetic techniques were used to label LECs with tandem dimer tomato (tdT) in adult mice. Two types of studies were performed, those with high dose inductive conditions to label nearly all the lymphatic vessels and studies with low dose inductive conditions to stochastically label individual clones or small populations of LECs. We coupled image guidance techniques and live fluorescence microscopy imaging with lineage tracing to track the fate of entire tdT(+) cutaneous lymphatic vessels or the behavior of individual or small populations of LECs over 11 months. We tracked the fate of 110 LEC clones and 80 small LEC populations (clusters of 2-7 cells) over 11 months and analyzed their behavior using quantitative techniques.

resultsThe results of the high dose inductive studies showed that the lymphatic vessels remained tdT(+) over 11 months, suggesting passage and expression of the tdT transgene from LEC precursors to progenies, an intrinsic model of self- renewal. Interestingly, the morphology of tdT(+) lymphatic vasculature appeared relatively stable without significant remodeling during this time period. By following the behavior of labeled LEC clones or small populations of LECs individually over 11 months, we identified diverse LEC fates of proliferation, quiescence, and extinction. Quantitative analysis of this data revealed that the average lymphatic endothelial clone or small population remained stable in size despite diverse individual fates.

conclusionThe results of these studies support a mechanism of invariant asymmetry to self renew the lymphatic vasculature during homeostasis. These original findings raise important questions related to the plasticity and self renewal properties that maintain the lymphatic vasculature during life.

Indexed as

HomeostasisAnimalsCell LineageCell ProliferationClone CellsEndothelial CellsFluorescenceImaging, Three-DimensionalIntegrasesLymphatic VesselsMice, TransgenicModels, BiologicalCre recombinaseIntegrases

Identifiers

PMID27400749
PMCPMC4940917
OpenAlexW2464900319

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.