Svep1 is a binding ligand of Tie1 and affects specific aspects of facial lymphatic development in a Vegfc-independent manner.

While tie1 mutants showed a highly significant reduction in PL numbers ( Figure 6D, G ), we found that an additional loss of one or two functional copies of tie2 did not further affect PL numbers in tie1 mutant embryos ( Figure 6E–G ).

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