Lymphatic-to-blood vessel transition in adult microvascular networks: A discovery made possible by a top-down approach to biomimetic model development.
Mohammad S AzimiJessica M MotherwellNicholas A HodgesGarret R RittenhouseDima MajbourStacey L PorvasnikChristine E SchmidtWalter Lee MurfeePublished in: Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994) (2019)
Our results reveal the ability for lymphatic vessels to transition into blood vessels in adult microvascular networks and discover a new paradigm for investigating lymphatic/blood endothelial cell dynamics during microvascular remodeling.