Passive recruitment of circulating leukocytes into capillary sprouts from existing capillaries in a microfluidic system†
Abstract
Recent evidence implicating leukocytes in angiogenesis raises the question of whether leukocytes and other cells circulating with the blood in microvascular networks can home to capillary sprouts intraluminally. This study describes an investigation of leukocyte trafficking in sprouting capillaries fabricated using