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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2025

Control of lymphatic pacemaking and pumping by mechanobiological signals.

M J Davis, C D Bertram

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Guidelines for evaluating endothelial function in vascular tissue.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2026
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  4. The Function ofbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

M J DavisDepartment of Medical Pharmacology & Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7992-9300
C D BertramSchool of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0009-0005-1575-4504

Funding

Lymphatic pacemaking and pumping in lymphedema: function, dysfunction, and rescueR01HL122578 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI DAVIS, MICHAEL JOHN · 2015 to 2023
$4.1M
Conduction and coordination of electrical signals within the lymphatic vascular wallR01HL125608 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI DAVIS, MICHAEL JOHN · 2015 to 2018
$1.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL122578NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL125608
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The spontaneous, phasic contractions of collecting lymphatic vessels are critical for lymph transport and interstitial fluid homeostasis. Phasic contractions are initiated by action potentials in lymphatic muscle and conduct along the vessel to trigger contraction waves. Contractions are regulated by pressure and shear stress (SS), but only limited aspects of that regulation are understood. Numerical models predict that pressure promotes retrograde propagation of contraction waves, whereas nitric oxide (NO) production associated with phasic contractions (pulsatile NO) promotes antegrade conduction and extends the pressure range over which contractions propel lymph. These predictions were tested using 3-4-valve segments of rat mesenteric lymphatic vessels using pressure myography and protocols that imposed forward flow, elevated inflow pressure (P

Indexed as

Lymphatic VesselsAnimalsLymphMaleMuscle ContractionNitric OxideRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyNitric Oxideaction potential conductioncontraction waveimposed flownitric oxidepulsatile shear stress

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PMID40464668
PMCPMC12148206

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