Nitric oxide (NO) side of lymphatic flow and immune surveillance

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Geert W Schmid-Schönbein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012.

. 2012 Jan 3;109(1):3-4.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1117710109. Epub 2011 Dec 16.

¹ Department of Bioengineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0412, USA. gwss@bioeng.ucsd.edu

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The author declares no conflict of interest.

Impaired lymphatic contraction associated with immunosuppression.
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