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Beyond these physiological functions, lymphatic vessels are critically involved in pathologies such as cancer metastasis and lymphedema, rendering their structural and functional regulation of major interest. Emerging evidence suggests that limited proteolysis is a key regulatory mechanism for lymphatic vascular function. In dyslipidemic conditions, dysregulated calpain activity impairs lymphatic trafficking and destabilizes regulatory T cells, partly via the limited proteolysis of mitogen-activated kinase kinase kinase 1 and inhibitor of \u03baB\u03b1. In addition, a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin motifs-3-mediated proteolytic activation of vascular endothelial growth factor-C has been implicated in both developmental and tumor-associated lymphangiogenesis. Proteolytic shedding of lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor-1 by a disintegrin and metalloprotease 17 promotes lymphangiogenesis, whereas cleavage by membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase inhibits it. This review is structured around two core aspects\u2014lymphatic inflammation and lymphangiogenesis\u2014and highlights recent findings on how limited proteolysis regulates each of these processes. 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