Lymphatic Continuum Revisited, Volume 1131

Part I: Tools for Lymphatic Investigation:.

1. Markers for Microscopic Imaging of Lymphangiogenesis and Angiogenesis: Peter Baluk and Donald M. McDonald.

2. New Horizons for Imaging Lymphatic Function: Ruchi Sharma, Juliet A. Wendt, John C. Rasmussen, Kristen E. Adams, Milton V. Marshall, and Eva M. Sevick-Muraca.

3. Peptide Targeting of Tumor Lymph Vessels: Pirjo Laakkonen, Lianglin Zhang, and Erkki Ruoslahti.

4. Lymphatic Tissue Engineering: Progress and Prospects: Thomas Hitchcock and Laura Niklason.

5. Animal Models for the Molecular and Mechanistic Study of Lymphatic Biology and Disease: William S. Shin and Stanley G. Rockson.

Part II: Biological Principles of the Lymphatic System:.

6. Current Concepts in Lymphatic Vasculature Development: Guillermo Oliver and R. Sathish Srinivasan.

7. The Link between Lymphatic Function and Adipose Biology: Natasha Harvey.

8. Molecular Regulation of Lymphatic Contractility: Mariappan Muthuchamy and David Zawieja.

9. Lymphatic Vessels: Pressure- and Flow-Dependent Regulatory Reactions: Anatoliy A. Gashev.

10. Contractility Patterns of Human Leg Lymphatics in Various Stages of Obstructive Lymphedema: Waldemar Olszewski.

11. Cell Traffic and the Lymphatic Endothelium: Louise Anne Johnson and David G. Jackson.

12. Research Perspectives in Inherited Lymphatic Disease: An Update: Robert E. Ferrell and David N. Finegold.

Part III: Biological Principles in Lymphedema Diagnosis and Management:.

13. Phenotypic Characterization of Primary Lymphedema: Fiona Connell, Glen Brice, and Peter Mortimer.

14. Estimating the Population Burden of Lymphedema: Stanley G. Rockson and Kahealani K. Rivera.

15. The Clinical Spectrum of Lymphatic Disease: Kavita Radhakrishnan and Stanley G. Rockson.

16. Cogenital Lymphatic Malformations: Francine Blei.

17. Lymphatics in Lung Disease: Souheil El-Chemaly, Stewart J Levine, and Joel Moss.

18. Lymphatic Involvement in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: Connie G. Glasgow, Angelo M. Taveira-DaSilva, Thomas N. Darling, and Joel Moss.

19. Targeted Treatment for Lymphedema and Lymphatic Metastasis: Tomi Tervala, Erkki Suominen, and Anne Saaristo.

Part IV: Lymphatic Biology of Cancer and Metastasis:.

20. Molecular Control of Lymphatic Metastasis: Marc G. Achen and Steven A. Stacker.

21. Lymphatic Vessel Activation in Cancer: Suvendu Das and Mihaela Skobe.

Index of Contributors