Regulation of lymphangiogenesis in the diaphragm by macrophages and VEGFR-3 signaling.

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"We thank Maija Hollmén, Simon Schwager and Lothar Dieterich for discussions on the manuscript as well as for help. Also, we thank Jeannette Scholl for technical assistance, Carlos Ochoa and Sven Nowok for help with animal experiments and the Scientific Center for Optical and Electron Microscopy ScopeM of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zürich for their support. Further, we thank Bronek Pytowski for providing the VEGFR-blocking antibodies. This work was supported by Swiss National Science Foundation Grant 310030B_147087, European Research Council Grant LYVICAM, Krebsliga Schweiz (KFS-2821-08-2011), and Leducq Foundation Transatlantic Network of Excellence Grant Lymph Vessels in Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease 11CVD03 (all to M.D.) and National Institutes of Health Grant CA32551 to E.R.S."