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摘要
The present study demonstrates the fine structure of pulmonary capillaries first injured and then undergoing growth in response to a change in the ambient alveolar oxygen tension. Breathing a high fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO(2) 0.75) triggers restriction by endothelial cell injury and effacement leading to segment narrowing and shortening and segment loss as demonstrated by a fall in density. Subsequently, breathing a relatively low fraction (FiO(2) 0.21) triggers capillary assembly (angiogenesis), which reverses the changes. The data underscore the structural reprogramming (reduction and restoration) of pulmonary capillaries in response to significant shifts in oxygen tension.
- 出版日期2013-12
