Nature Genetics
37, 1023 - 1024 (2005)
doi:10.1038/ng1005-1023
Lymph makes you fatMartin Schneider, Edward M Conway
& Peter Carmeliet
Martin Schneider, Edward M. Conway and Peter Carmeliet are at the Center for Transgene Technology and Gene Therapy, KULeuven, Flanders Interuniversitary Institute for Biotechnology, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. peter.carmeliet@med.kuleuven.be
A new study of mice lacking Prox1, a gene required for the formation of lymphatic endothelial cells, unveils a link between lymph fluid and fat deposition. These findings bring the lymphatic vascular system into the focus of obesity research.
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