Afferent lymph vessels in chronically inflamed skin express CXCL12.

<p>Immunofluorescence staining of frozen sections of chronically inflamed skin (21 days after inflammation elicited by subcutaneous injection of CFA) for CXC12 and CCL21 by LYVE-1⁺ lymph vessels using DAPI counterstaining. One representative image of lymph vessels analyzed in 5 mice is shown. Scale bars, 10 µm.