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Like all other cells, lymphatic endothelial cells express a cell-surface glycocalyx, composed of carbohydrate-enriched molecules, that contributes to endothelial barrier maintenance and cell-cell communication. Although the endothelial glycocalyx has been increasingly studied in blood endothelium, little has been done to characterize it in lymphatics. In this study, among a variety of tested fixatives, Carnoy\u2019s fixative, a solution of ethanol, chloroform, and acetic acid, was determined to best preserve endothelial glycocalyx epitopes in lymphatics-on-chip microfluidic devices and mouse tissue sections. Dermal, lung, and lymph node tissues were isolated from male C57BL\/6J mice and fixed with Carnoy\u2019s fixative. We aimed to determine the presence of prominent glycocalyx components, including heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate, across different mouse organs to characterize organ-specific differences. 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