Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Biochemistry & Physiology: Open Access

Lymphangiogenesis in Cancer: A Review

Abstract

Author(s): Wilson IB Onuigbo

Lymphangiogenesis, the new formation of lymph vessels, has recently matured as a leading research front although recorded personally by the author in 1963. This review deals with its molecular parameters, especially as regards possible target therapy of cancer. Finally, it is suggested that the microenvironment delineated by a special longitudinal method of study of the thoracic duct is naturally programmed for that translational elucidation whose success is probably but a matter of time.