biostudies-literatureUnknown11Truong AKAngiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis, the formation of new blood or lymphatic vessels, respectively, from preexisting vasculature is essential during embryonic development, but also occurs during tissue repair and in pathological conditions (cancer; ocular disease; ischemic, infectious and inflammatory disorders), which are all characterized to a certain extent by inflammatory conditions. Hence, a rapid, inexpensive, feasible / technically easy, reliable assay of inflammation-induced (lymph-)angiogenesis is highly valuable. In this context, the corneal thermal cauterization assay in mice is a simple, low-cost, reproducible, insightful and labor-saving assay to gauge the role of inflammation in angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is no standardizedMethodsX102446https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10622693biostudies-literatureDetailed protocol for a corneal thermal cauterization-based (lymph-)angiogenesis assay in mice.PMC10622693Truong AKDekoning NEelen GBouche ABecker LMCarmeliet PDewerchin MVeys KHosseinkhani BfalseDetailed protocol for a corneal thermal cauterization-based (lymph-)angiogenesis assay in mice.Angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis, the formation of new blood or lymphatic vessels, respectively, from preexisting vasculature is essential during embryonic development, but also occurs during tissue repair and in pathological conditions (cancer; ocular disease; ischemic, infectious and inflammatory disorders), which are all characterized to a certain extent by inflammatory conditions. Hence, a rapid, inexpensive, feasible / technically easy, reliable assay of inflammation-induced (lymph-)angiogenesis is highly valuable. In this context, the corneal thermal cauterization assay in mice is a simple, low-cost, reproducible, insightful and labor-saving assay to gauge the role of inflammation in angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is no standardized2023-01-01T00:00:00Z2023 Dec2025-04-05T08:50:05.432Z2025-04-05T08:50:05.432ZS-EPMC106226933792810510.1016/j.mex.2023.102446