ReviewComprehensive Physiology2018
Lymphatic Vessel Network Structure and Physiology.
Review in Comprehensive Physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 212 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
212 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 340 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mucosal immune response in biology, disease prevention and treatment.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Sex, Anesthesia Method, Physiological Asymmetry, and Strain on Rat Lymphatic Vessel Contractility Assessed via Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Linear Mixed-Effects Modeling.Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994) · 2026Article
- Bidirectional crosstalk between obesity and the lymphatic system: a novel pathway in obesity pathogenesis and treatment.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Review
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- Osteocyte-vascular Interactions in Bone Physiology and Pathology.Current osteoporosis reports · 2026Review
- A Review on Lymphatic Uptake of Large Therapeutic Proteins after Subcutaneous Injection.Pharmaceutical research · 2026Review
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- A 3D microfluidic model of exchange between perfused blood and lymphatic microvascular networks.Lab on a chip · 2026Article
- Inflammatory Signal Persistence in Pain: Lymphatic Regulation and Neuroimmune Integration.Biology · 2026Review
- Lymphatic system in the liver: a new frontier in liver physiology and oncology.Medical molecular morphology · 2026Review
- Delphi technique for design and content validation by experts of a mobile app for self-care of breast cancer-related lymphedema.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
- EVG-Based Periarterial/Perivenous Invasion (periA/V) as a High-Sensitivity Surrogate Marker for Lymph Node Metastasis in pT1 Invasive Breast Carcinoma of No Special Type.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The vascular niche: an orchestrator of the spatiotemporal dynamics of distant metastasis.Acta pharmacologica Sinica · 2026Review
- The spinal lymphatic system: an emerging pathway bridging fluid homeostasis, immunity, and disease.Bone research · 2026Review
- Lysophosphatidic acid-mediated NF-κB activation promotes FOXC2 expression essential for lymphatic valve development.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026Article
- Antibodies in plasma and blood cells of horses.Open veterinary journal · 2026Article
- From blood vessels to lymphatics and back again.Function (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- The role of the lymphatic system in musculoskeletal system health and disease: research progress and future directions.Bone research · 2026Review
- The neuroimmune axis and chronic pain disorders.iScience · 2026Review
- Experimental evaluation of dermal lymphatics in preservation of lymphatic function.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2026Article
152 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The lymphatic system is comprised of a network of vessels interrelated with lymphoid tissue, which has the holistic function to maintain the local physiologic environment for every cell in all tissues of the body. The lymphatic system maintains extracellular fluid homeostasis favorable for optimal tissue function, removing substances that arise due to metabolism or cell death, and optimizing immunity against bacteria, viruses, parasites, and other antigens. This article provides a comprehensive review of important findings over the past century along with recent advances in the understanding of the anatomy and physiology of lymphatic vessels, including tissue/organ specificity, development, mechanisms of lymph formation and transport, lymphangiogenesis, and the roles of lymphatics in disease. © 2019 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 9:207-299, 2019.
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