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A Murine Tail Lymphedema Model
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A Murine Tail Lymphedema Model
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04:38 min

February 10, 2021

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Chapters

  • 00:04Introduction
  • 00:53Surgical Disruption of Mouse Tail Lymphatics
  • 02:33Functional Lymphatic Evaluation with Near Infrared Laser Angiography
  • 02:54Result: Assessment of Progressive Swelling, Lymphatic Function, and Focal Delivery of Genetic Cargo in the Mouse Tail Lymphedema Model
  • 04:09Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

Lymphedema is extremity swelling caused by lymphatic dysfunction. We describe a chronic murine tail model of lymphedema and the novel use of tissue nanotransfection technology (TNT) for genetic cargo delivery to the tail.

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