Alveolar septal patterning during compensatory lung growth: Part II the effect of parenchymal pressure gradients.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.03.019
Abstract: In most mammals, compensatory lung growth occurs after the removal of one lung (pneumonectomy). Although the mechanism of alveolar growth is unknown, the patterning of complex alveolar geometry over organ-sized length scales is a central… read more here.
Keywords: pressure; pressure gradients; biology; growth ... See more keywords