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ArticleNature cardiovascular research2025

Cardiac lymphatics retain LYVE-1-dependent macrophages during neonatal mouse heart regeneration.

Benjamin G Chapman, Konstantinos Klaourakis, Carla de Villiers, Mala Gunadasa-Rohling, Maria-Alexa Cosma, Susanna T E Cooper, Kshitij Mohan, Michael Weinberger, Carolyn A Carr, David R Greaves and 5 more

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Article in Nature cardiovascular research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Benjamin G Chapman *Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8020-0197
Konstantinos Klaourakis *Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Carla de VilliersDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Mala Gunadasa-RohlingDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Maria-Alexa CosmaDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Susanna T E CooperDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Kshitij MohanDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7978-5343
Michael WeinbergerDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Carolyn A CarrDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0102-5261
David R GreavesSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2856-9410
David G JacksonMRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4133-9364
Daniela PezzollaDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Robin P ChoudhuryDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8046-1688
Joaquim M VieiraDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. joaquim.nunes_vieira@kcl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2023-6304
Paul R RileyDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. paul.riley@idrm.ox.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9862-7332

Funding

British Heart Foundation (BHF) CH/11/1/28798British Heart Foundation (BHF) PG/22/11213British Heart Foundation (BHF) RG/F/20/110030British Heart Foundation (BHF) RM/17/2/33380Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In adult mice, myocardial infarction (MI) activates the cardiac lymphatics, which undergo sprouting angiogenesis (lymphangiogenesis), drain interstitial fluid and traffic macrophages to mediastinal lymph nodes (MLNs). This prevents edema and reduces inflammatory/fibrotic immune cell content to improve cardiac function. Here we investigated the role of cardiac lymphatics and macrophage clearance across the neonatal mouse regenerative window. The response to injury revealed limited lymphangiogenesis and clearance of macrophages from postnatal day 1 compared to postnatal day 7 infarcted hearts. This coincides with the maturation of lymphatic endothelial cell junctions from impermeable to permeable and with altered signaling between lymphatic endothelial cells and macrophages. Mice lacking the lymphatic endothelial receptor-1 (LYVE-1), where macrophage lymphatic trafficking is impaired in adults, experienced worse long-term outcomes after MI induced at postnatal day 1, suggesting an alternative role for LYVE-1 in macrophages. Macrophage-specific deletion of Lyve1 during neonatal heart injury impaired heart regeneration. This study demonstrates that immature cardiac lymphatics are impermeable to clearance in early neonates, ensuring retention of pro-regenerative LYVE-1-dependent macrophages.

Indexed as

LymphangiogenesisLymphatic VesselsMacrophagesMyocardial InfarctionMyocardiumRegenerationVesicular Transport ProteinsAge FactorsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornCell MovementDisease Models, AnimalEndothelial CellsMembrane Transport ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLLYVE1 protein, mouseMembrane Transport ProteinsVesicular Transport Proteins

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PMID40962932
PMCPMC12520984

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