The lobate shape of lymphatic endothelial cells puzzled researchers—now they’ve found it helps stabilize lymphatic ...

The exact role of a tissue in an organism depends on what types of cells it contains. For example, the endothelial tissue that lines the human gastrointestinal tract consists of several cell types.

The cells that make up the walls of the finest of all lymphatic vessels have a lobate, oak leaf-like shape that makes them ...