[HTML][HTML] Lymphatic neoangiogenesis in human renal allografts: results from sequential protocol biopsies

S Stuht, W Gwinner, I Franz, A Schwarz… - American journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Neoangiogenesis of lymphatic vessels may be important for the cellular immune response in
renal transplants. To determine the prevalence and chronology of lymph vessel proliferation
and its relation to cellular infiltrates and allograft function, we analyzed sequential protocol
biopsies (n= 162), taken at 6, 12 and 26 weeks after transplantation. Biopsies were stained
with an antibody against podoplanin and lymphatic vessel density was quantified per square
millimeter. The prevalence of lymph vessel-positive biopsies and the lymph vessel density …