TY - JOUR AU - Meçe, Odeta AU - Houbaert, Diede AU - Sassano, Maria-Livia AU - Durré, Tania AU - Maes, Hannelore AU - Schaaf, Marco AU - More, Sanket AU - Ganne, Maarten AU - García-Caballero, Melissa AU - Borri, Mila AU - Verhoeven, Jelle AU - Agrawal, Madhur AU - Jacobs, Kathryn AU - Bergers, Gabriele AU - Blacher, Silvia AU - Ghesquière, Bart AU - Dewerchin, Mieke AU - Swinnen, Johan V AU - Vinckier, Stefan AU - Soengas, MS AU - Carmeliet, Peter AU - Noël, Agnès AU - Agostinis, Patrizia PY - 2022 DO - 10.1038/s41467-022-30490-6 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/16062 AB - Autophagy has vasculoprotective roles, but whether and how it regulates lymphatic endothelial cells (LEC) homeostasis and lymphangiogenesis is unknown. Here, we show that genetic deficiency of autophagy in LEC impairs responses to VEGF-C and... LA - eng PB - Nature Publishing Group KW - Lymphangiogenesis KW - Lymphatic Vessels KW - Animals KW - Autophagy KW - Endothelial Cells KW - Fatty Acids KW - Lipid Droplets KW - Mice KW - Mitochondria KW - Transcription Factors TI - Lipid droplet degradation by autophagy connects mitochondria metabolism to Prox1-driven expression of lymphatic genes and lymphangiogenesis. TY - journal article ER -