Structure, strength, failure, and remodeling of the pulmonary blood-gas barrier

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 61, Issue , 1999, Pages 543-572

  West, J B ^a   Mathieu Costello, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Epithelial cells; Extracellular matrix; Pulmonary capillary; Pulmonary edema; Pulmonary hemorrhage; Stress failure; Type IV collagen; Vascular injury

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; GROWTH FACTOR; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ALTITUDE; CAPILLARY BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAPILLARY WALL; EXERCISE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG INFLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRENGTH; STRESS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; GASES; HUMANS; LUNG; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; STRESS;

EID: 0033067862     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.61.1.543     Document Type: Review

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