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Lymphangiogenesis in renal diseases: passive bystander or active participant?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 September 2014

Saleh Yazdani ,
Gerjan Navis ,
Jan-Luuk Hillebrands ,
Harry van Goor  and
Jacob van den Born
Saleh Yazdani*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Groningen and University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Gerjan Navis
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Groningen and University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Jan-Luuk Hillebrands
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, Division of Pathology, University Medical Centre Groningen and University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Harry van Goor
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, Division of Pathology, University Medical Centre Groningen and University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Jacob van den Born
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Groningen and University of Groningen, the Netherlands
*
*Corresponding author: Saleh Yazdani, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands. E-mail: sy.gr.nl@gmail.com; s.yazdani@umcg.nl
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Abstract

Lymphatic vessels (LVs) are involved in a number of physiological and pathophysiological processes such as fluid homoeostasis, immune surveillance, and resolution of inflammation and wound healing. Lymphangiogenesis, the outgrowth of existing LVs and the formation of new ones, has received increasing attention over the past decade on account of its prominence in organ physiology and pathology, which has been enabled by the development of specific tools to study lymph vessel functions. Several studies have been devoted to renal lymphatic vasculature and lymphangiogenesis in kidney diseases, such as chronic renal transplant dysfunction, primary renal fibrotic disorders, proteinuria, diabetic nephropathy and renal inflammation. This review describes the most recent findings on lymphangiogenesis, with a specific focus on renal lymphangiogenesis and its impact on renal diseases. We suggest renal lymphatics as a possible target for therapeutic interventions in renal medicine to dampen tubulointerstitial tissue remodelling and improve renal functioning.

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Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine , Volume 16 , 2014 , e15
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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