2020
VEGF-C-driven lymphatic drainage enables immunosurveillance of brain tumours
Song E, Mao T, Dong H, Boisserand LSB, Antila S, Bosenberg M, Alitalo K, Thomas JL, Iwasaki A. VEGF-C-driven lymphatic drainage enables immunosurveillance of brain tumours. Nature 2020, 577: 689-694. PMID: 31942068, PMCID: PMC7100608, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1912-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBrain NeoplasmsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Cycle CheckpointsCell Line, TumorCell MovementCentral Nervous SystemCross-PrimingFemaleGlioblastomaHEK293 CellsHumansImmunologic MemoryImmunologic SurveillanceLymph NodesLymphangiogenesisLymphatic VesselsMaleMelanomaMeningesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorVascular Endothelial Growth Factor CConceptsCD8 T cellsCentral nervous systemT cellsImmune responseBrain tumorsImmune surveillanceLymphatic drainageNervous systemAntigen-specific immune responsesDeep cervical lymph nodesCapacity of VEGFCervical lymph nodesCheckpoint blockade therapyMeningeal lymphatic systemVascular endothelial growth factor CNew therapeutic approachesUncontrolled tumor growthMeningeal lymphatic vasculatureBlockade therapyLymph nodesTherapeutic approachesMouse modelTumor growthMemory responsesTumors
2017
Development and plasticity of meningeal lymphatic vessels
Antila S, Karaman S, Nurmi H, Airavaara M, Voutilainen MH, Mathivet T, Chilov D, Li Z, Koppinen T, Park JH, Fang S, Aspelund A, Saarma M, Eichmann A, Thomas JL, Alitalo K. Development and plasticity of meningeal lymphatic vessels. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2017, 214: 3645-3667. PMID: 29141865, PMCID: PMC5716035, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20170391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBiological TransportCerebrospinal FluidDependovirusGene DeletionHumansIndolesInjections, IntraventricularLymph NodesLymphangiogenesisLymphatic VesselsMaleMeningesMice, Inbred C57BLMicrospheresMyocytes, Smooth MuscleProtein Kinase InhibitorsPyrrolesSignal TransductionSpinal CordSunitinibVascular Endothelial Growth Factor CVascular Endothelial Growth Factor DVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-3
2011
Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3 directly regulates murine neurogenesis
Calvo CF, Fontaine RH, Soueid J, Tammela T, Makinen T, Alfaro-Cervello C, Bonnaud F, Miguez A, Benhaim L, Xu Y, Barallobre MJ, Moutkine I, Lyytikkä J, Tatlisumak T, Pytowski B, Zalc B, Richardson W, Kessaris N, Garcia-Verdugo JM, Alitalo K, Eichmann A, Thomas JL. Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3 directly regulates murine neurogenesis. Genes & Development 2011, 25: 831-844. PMID: 21498572, PMCID: PMC3078708, DOI: 10.1101/gad.615311.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCells, CulturedEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayImmunohistochemistryLymphangiogenesisMiceMice, Mutant StrainsMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionNeovascularization, PhysiologicNeural Stem CellsNeurogenesisOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-3ConceptsNeural stem cellsSubventricular zoneVEGF receptorsNeural cellsVEGFR-3Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) familyEndothelial growth factor familyVascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3VEGFR-3 expressionMultipotent neural stem cellsCapillary endothelial cellsGrowth factor receptor 3Overexpression of VEGFGrowth factor familyAdult neurogenesisSVZ neurogenesisReporter miceReceptor 3NeurogenesisNeurodegenerative diseasesConditional deletionEndothelial cellsGrowth factorLigand VEGFInducible deletion
2010
Neuropilin-2 mediates VEGF-C–induced lymphatic sprouting together with VEGFR3
Xu Y, Yuan L, Mak J, Pardanaud L, Caunt M, Kasman I, Larrivée B, del Toro R, Suchting S, Medvinsky A, Silva J, Yang J, Thomas JL, Koch AW, Alitalo K, Eichmann A, Bagri A. Neuropilin-2 mediates VEGF-C–induced lymphatic sprouting together with VEGFR3. Journal Of Cell Biology 2010, 188: 115-130. PMID: 20065093, PMCID: PMC2812843, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200903137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell ShapeCells, CulturedEndothelial CellsFemaleLymphangiogenesisLymphatic VesselsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred StrainsMice, TransgenicNeuropilin-2Protein BindingVascular Endothelial Growth Factor CVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-3ConceptsLymphatic vessel sproutingVEGF receptor 2Lymphangiogenic vascular endothelial growth factors CSprouting defectsNeuropilin-2Vessel sproutingVascular endothelial growth factor CVEGF-C bindingAntibody treatmentEndothelial tip cellsReceptor 2Lymph vesselsLymphatic sproutingGenetic deletionHeterozygous miceTransmembrane receptorsTip cellsAdult organsMiceCell extensionsNRP2Vascular systemVascular sprout formationVascular sproutingVEGF