title: Lymphangiogenesis and metastasis--a closer look at the neuropilin/semaphorin3 axis.
abstract: Metastasis is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Understanding how the lymphatic system responds to its environment and local stimuli may lead to therapies to combat metastasis and other lymphatic-associated diseases. This review compares lymphatic vessels and blood vessels, discusses markers of lymphatic vasculature, and elucidates some of the signaling motifs involved in lymphangiogenesis. Recent progress implicating the neuropilin and semaphorin axes in this process is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Migliozzi
authors.affiliation: Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mucka
authors.affiliation: Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: diane.bielenberg@childrens.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Diane R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Bielenberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D042583:Lymphangiogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008208:Lymphatic System / Q000473:pathology; D042601:Lymphatic Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009154:Mutation; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply; D039921:Neuropilins / Q000502:physiology*; D040121:Semaphorin-3A / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D039921:Neuropilins; C488217:Sema3a protein, mouse; D040121:Semaphorin-3A
keywords: Cancer; Lymphangiogenesis; Metastasis; Neuropilin; Semaphorin
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