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Endothelial cells form the inner lining of blood and lymphatic vessels and they have frequent interactions with immune cells as well as foreign agents. Endothelial function is crucially involved in physiologic immunity at different stages including recruitment of leukocytes, angiogenesis and tissue repair. Endothelial dysfunction is a not well-defined term, it is widely used to describe the non-physiologic activity of endothelial cells. It has been suggested that endothelial dysfunction plays a role in a variety of human diseases, such as arteriosclerosis, cancer, autoimmunity and sepsis. More recently, a role of lymphatic endothelial cells as well as vascular endothelial cells in the pathop...