Impact of the prolymphangiogenic crosstalk in the tumor microenvironment on lymphatic cancer metastasis.

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Published in Biomed Res Int on September 01, 2014

Authors

Simona L Schlereth1, Nasrin Refaian1, Sandra Iden2, Claus Cursiefen1, Ludwig M Heindl1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Kerpener Straße 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany.
2: Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Straße 26, 50931 Cologne, Germany.

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