Developmental Aspects of the Lymphatic Vascular System

Friedemann Kiefer is group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster, Germany and Adjunct Professor at the Medical Faculty of the University of Münster. Stefan Schulte-Merker is group leader and Professor of Molecular Developmental Biology at the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Introduction by Friedemann Kiefer.- Transcriptional control of lymphatic endothelial cell type specification by Ying Yang and Guliermo Oliver.- Mechanosensing in developing lymphatic vessels by Lara Planas-Paz and Eckard Lammert.- Plasticity of airway lymphatics in development and disease by Li-Chin Yao and Donald M. McDonald.- Regulation of lymphatic vasculature by extracellular matrix by Sophie Lutter and Taija Makkinen.- Interplay of mechanotransduction, FOXC2, connexins and calcineurin signaling in lymphatic valve formation by Amélie Sabine and Tatiana V. Petrova.- Development of secondary lymphoid organs in relation to lymphatic vasculature by Serge A. van de Pavert and Reina Mebius.- Platelets in lymph vessel development and integrity by Steve P. Watson, Kate Lowe and Brenda A. Finney.- Interactions of immune cells and lymphatic vessels by Raghu P. Kataru, Yulia G. Lee and Gou-Young Koh.- Lymphatic vessels in the development of tissue and organ rejection by Denis Hos and Claus Cursiefen.- The role of neuropilin-1 / semaphorin 3A signaling in lymphatic vessel development and maturation by Alexandra M. Ochsenbein, Sinem Karaman, Giorgia Jurisic and Michael Detmar.- A fisheye view on lymphangiogenesis by Andreas van Impel and Stefan Schulte-Merker.- Visualization of lymphatic vessel development, growth and function by Cathrin Pollmann, René Hägerling, and Friedemann Kiefer.- Clinical disorders of primary malfunctioning of the lymphatic system by Carlo Bellini and Raoul C.M. Hennekam.- Subject index.