Comparison of rat thoracic duct to vena cava

ABSTRACT: While blood vessels have muscular walls that undergo tonic contractions to alter vascular resistance and, thus, control blood flow, lymphatics at the level of the collecting vessels and higher have muscular walls capable of rapid phasic contractions that generate lymph flow in addition to tonic contractions that regulate lymph flow resistance. While the ability of lymphatics to undergo rapid phasic contractions has been known for several centuries, the biological elements governing this phenomenon remain unknown. In an attempt to gain insight into the structural and regulatory elements that give lymphatic vessels their unique contractile capabilities, we utilized two-color microarray analysis to compare the thoracic duct of the rat to the vena cava of the same donor animal. Total cellul

ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus

SUBMITTER: Eric Bridenbaugh 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-7221 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress