ReviewComprehensive Physiology2012
Structure and composition of pulmonary arteries, capillaries, and veins.
Review in Comprehensive Physiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 167 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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167 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 281 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Osteosarcoma pulmonary metastasis: the hemodynamic mechanical-filtration hypothesis for subpleural predominance.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Case Report: Intra-procedural fatal cerebral lipiodol embolism without angiographically visible shunting during right inferior phrenic artery TACE.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- The alveolar edema equation.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
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Abstract
The pulmonary vasculature comprises three anatomic compartments connected in series: the arterial tree, an extensive capillary bed, and the venular tree. Although, in general, this vasculature is thin-walled, structure is nonetheless complex. Contributions to structure (and thus potentially to function) from cells other than endothelial and smooth muscle cells as well as those from the extracellular matrix should be considered. This review is multifaceted, bringing together information regarding (i) classification of pulmonary vessels, (ii) branching geometry in the pulmonary vascular tree, (iii) a quantitative view of structure based on morphometry of the vascular wall, (iv) the relationship of nerves, a variety of interstitial cells, matrix proteins, and striated myocytes to smooth muscle and endothelium in the vascular wall, (v) heterogeneity within cell populations and between vascular compartments, (vi) homo- and heterotypic cell-cell junctional complexes, and (vii) the relation of the pulmonary vasculature to that of airways. These issues for pulmonary vascular structure are compared, when data is available, across species from human to mouse and shrew. Data from studies utilizing vascular casting, light and electron microscopy, as well as models developed from those data, are discussed. Finally, the need for rigorous quantitative approaches to study of vascular structure in lung is highlighted.
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