RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pulmonary endocrine cells in plexogenic pulmonary arteriopathy associated with cirrhosis.
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 92
OP 93
DO 10.1136/thx.50.1.92
VO 50
IS 1
A1 Gosney, J R
A1 Resl, M
YR 1995
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/50/1/92.abstract
AB A clear association has been described between numbers of pulmonary endocrine cells and the migration and/or proliferation of myofibroblasts which is thought to underlie the vascular changes seen in plexogenic pulmonary arteriopathy due to cardiac shunts and primary pulmonary hypertension. In contrast, the pulmonary endocrine system in a subject with florid pulmonary plexogenic arteriopathy associated with cirrhosis was entirely normal, suggesting possible differences in its pathogenesis.