接近心脏起器细胞
Pin-Ji Lei1,2, Timothy P Padera1,2
1Edwin L Steele Laboratories, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States.
eLife
|July 22, 2025
概括
淋巴肌细胞控制小鼠的淋巴血管收缩. 这一发现推动了我们对淋巴系统功能和流体运输的理解.
科学领域:
- 生理学 生理学 生理学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 血管生物学 血管生物学
背景情况:
- 淋巴系统对于液体平衡和免疫监测至关重要.
- 收集淋巴血管会出现自发收缩,驱动淋巴流动.
- 调节淋巴血管收缩的细胞机制尚未完全理解.
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