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Identification of an endogenous inhibitor of lymphatic vessel formation provides a glimpse at how lymphatic vessel growth is restrained (pages 1023–1030). The findings might be exploited to lower transplant rejection rates.

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Figure 1: Function of lymphatic and blood vessels in adaptive immunity and corneal transplant rejection.

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  1. Mihaela Skobe is in the Department of Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.,

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  2. Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology, Reza Dana is at the Schepens Eye Research Institute and Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston Massachusetts, USA.,

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Skobe, M., Dana, R. Blocking the path of lymphatic vessels. Nat Med 15, 993–994 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0909-993

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