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However, this function of ADAMTS3 is unlikely to persist in adulthood because of its restricted expression pattern after birth. Because ADAMTS2 and ADAMTS14 are closely related to ADAMTS3 and are mainly expressed in connective tissues where the lymphatic network extends, we hypothesized that they could substitute for ADAMTS3 during adulthood in mammals allowing proteolytic activation of pro-VEGFC. Here, we demonstrated that ADAMTS2 and ADAMTS14 are able to process pro-VEGFC into active VEGFC as efficiently as ADAMTS3. In vivo, adult mice lacking\n                    <jats:italic>\n                      <jats:italic>Adamts2<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:italic>\n                    developed skin lymphedema due to a reduction of the density and diameter of lymphatic vessels, leading to a decrease of lymphatic functionality, while genetic ablation of\n                    <jats:italic>\n                      <jats:italic>Adamts14<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:italic>\n                    had no impact. In a model of thermal cauterization of cornea, lymphangiogenesis was significantly reduced in\n                    <jats:italic>\n                      <jats:italic>Adamts2-<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>\n                      <jats:italic>Adamts14<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:italic>\n                    -KO mice and further repressed in\n                    <jats:italic>\n                      <jats:italic>Adamts2\/Adamts14<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:italic>\n                    double-KO mice. 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