Pressing the right buttons: signaling in lymphangiogenesis

S Coso, E Bovay, TV Petrova - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2014 - ashpublications.org
S Coso, E Bovay, TV Petrova
Blood, The Journal of the American Society of Hematology, 2014ashpublications.org
Lymphatic vasculature is increasingly recognized as an important factor both in the
regulation of normal tissue homeostasis and immune response and in many diseases, such
as inflammation, cancer, obesity, and hypertension. In the last few years, in addition to the
central role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C/VEGF receptor-3 signaling in
lymphangiogenesis, significant new insights were obtained about Notch, transforming
growth factor β/bone morphogenetic protein, Ras, mitogen-activated protein kinase …
Abstract
Lymphatic vasculature is increasingly recognized as an important factor both in the regulation of normal tissue homeostasis and immune response and in many diseases, such as inflammation, cancer, obesity, and hypertension. In the last few years, in addition to the central role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C/VEGF receptor-3 signaling in lymphangiogenesis, significant new insights were obtained about Notch, transforming growth factor β/bone morphogenetic protein, Ras, mitogen-activated protein kinase, phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase, and Ca2+/calcineurin signaling pathways in the control of growth and remodeling of lymphatic vessels. An emerging picture of lymphangiogenic signaling is complex and in many ways distinct from the regulation of angiogenesis. This complexity provides new challenges, but also new opportunities for selective therapeutic targeting of lymphatic vasculature.
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