Dermal lymphatic vessel contraction is associated with SMCs coverage in the PdgfbiLECKO mouse (mutant). An anaesthetized PdgfbiLECKO mouse following subcutaneous ear injection with Tritc Dextran, and time-lapse imaged utilizing a Leica M205FA microscope with a PLANAPO 1.0x objective. Arrows indicate contracting sites within the lymphatic vasculature. Scale bar, 200 μm.
Yixin Wang, Yi Jin, Maarja Andaloussi Mäe, Yang Zhang, Henrik Ortsäter, Christer Betsholtz, Taija Mäkinen, and Lars Jakobsson
Development
2017. 144:3590-3601; doi: 10.1242/dev.147967