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How Brains Are Drained: Discovery of Lymphatics Within the CNS
Author(s) -
Ford Mandy L.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.13742
Subject(s) - lymphatic system , central nervous system , medicine , immunosurveillance , pathology , immune system , lymphatic endothelium , lymphatic vessel , lymph , neuroscience , immunology , biology , cancer , metastasis , endocrinology
A recent study reveals the presence of lymphatic vessels that transport both immune cells and lymph within the central nervous system, and has relevance for infectious and malignant complications occurring in immunosuppressed individuals.