Review Article
Lymphangiogenesis in Cancer: A Review
| Wilson IB Onuigbo* | |
| Medical Foundation and Clinic, Enugu State, Nigeria | |
| *Corresponding Author : | Wilson IB Onuigbo Medical Foundation and Clinic 8 Nsukka Lane, P.O. Box 1792 Enugu 400001, Nigeria Tel: +2348037208680 E-mail: wilson.onuigbo@gmail.com |
| Received June 23, 2014; Accepted July 07, 2014; Published July 14, 2014 | |
| Citation: Onuigbo WIB (2014) Lymphangiogenesis in Cancer: A Review. Biochem Physiol 3:138. doi:10.4172/2168-9652.1000138 | |
| Copyright: © 2014 Onuigbo WIB. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
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.
