ADVANCES IN CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE, cilt.26, sa.2, ss.245-249, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)
Background. Two members of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family, VEGF-C and -D, are known as lymphangiogenic growth factors and play an important role in tumor lymphangiogenesis via activation of the VEGF receptor (VEGFR)-3, which is expressed in lymphatic endothelial cells. D2-40 is a specific antibody for lymphatic vessel density (LVD).