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Cellular Origins of the Lymphatic Endothelium: Implications for Cancer Lymphangiogenesis

The lymphatic system plays important roles in physiological and pathological conditions. During cancer progression in particular, lymphangiogenesis can exert both positive and negative effects. While the formation of tumor associated lymphatic vessels correlates with metastatic dissemination, increa...

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Autores principales: Gutierrez-Miranda, Laura, Yaniv, Karina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7541848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33071831
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.577584
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description The lymphatic system plays important roles in physiological and pathological conditions. During cancer progression in particular, lymphangiogenesis can exert both positive and negative effects. While the formation of tumor associated lymphatic vessels correlates with metastatic dissemination, increased severity and poor patient prognosis, the presence of functional lymphatics is regarded as beneficial for anti-tumor immunity and cancer immunotherapy delivery. Therefore, a profound understanding of the cellular origins of tumor lymphatics and the molecular mechanisms controlling their formation is required in order to improve current strategies to control malignant spread. Data accumulated over the last decades have led to a controversy regarding the cellular sources of tumor-associated lymphatic vessels and the putative contribution of non-endothelial cells to this process. Although it is widely accepted that lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) arise mainly from pre-existing lymphatic vessels, additional contribution from bone marrow-derived cells, myeloid precursors and terminally differentiated macrophages, has also been claimed. Here, we review recent findings describing new origins of LECs during embryonic development and discuss their relevance to cancer lymphangiogenesis.
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spelling pubmed-75418482020-10-17 Cellular Origins of the Lymphatic Endothelium: Implications for Cancer Lymphangiogenesis Gutierrez-Miranda, Laura Yaniv, Karina Front Physiol Physiology The lymphatic system plays important roles in physiological and pathological conditions. During cancer progression in particular, lymphangiogenesis can exert both positive and negative effects. While the formation of tumor associated lymphatic vessels correlates with metastatic dissemination, increased severity and poor patient prognosis, the presence of functional lymphatics is regarded as beneficial for anti-tumor immunity and cancer immunotherapy delivery. Therefore, a profound understanding of the cellular origins of tumor lymphatics and the molecular mechanisms controlling their formation is required in order to improve current strategies to control malignant spread. Data accumulated over the last decades have led to a controversy regarding the cellular sources of tumor-associated lymphatic vessels and the putative contribution of non-endothelial cells to this process. Although it is widely accepted that lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) arise mainly from pre-existing lymphatic vessels, additional contribution from bone marrow-derived cells, myeloid precursors and terminally differentiated macrophages, has also been claimed. Here, we review recent findings describing new origins of LECs during embryonic development and discuss their relevance to cancer lymphangiogenesis. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7541848/ /pubmed/33071831 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.577584 Text en Copyright © 2020 Gutierrez-Miranda and Yaniv. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Cellular Origins of the Lymphatic Endothelium: Implications for Cancer Lymphangiogenesis
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title_short Cellular Origins of the Lymphatic Endothelium: Implications for Cancer Lymphangiogenesis
title_sort cellular origins of the lymphatic endothelium: implications for cancer lymphangiogenesis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7541848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33071831
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