Research
Team discovers key pathway in heart lymphatic vessel development
The Brief
- Researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles identified molecular signals that shape the heart's lymphatic vessel network.
- The findings concern both the normal formation of these vessels and their response to injury.
- The source describes the lymphatic network in the heart as little understood.
Why it matters
The work adds basic knowledge about how cardiac lymphatic vessels form and respond to injury, which may inform future research on heart repair.
Who’s affected
- cardiovascular and developmental biology researchers
- #lymphatic vessels
- #heart development
- #developmental biology
- #cardiac injury
- #molecular signaling
Researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have uncovered molecular signals that shape a little-understood network of vessels in the heart, offering new insight into both its normal formation and its response to injury.
Timeline
Medical Xpress reports the Children's Hospital Los Angeles findings on heart lymphatic vessel development
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Team discovers key pathway in heart lymphatic vessel development