Quantitative assessment of pulmonary metabolic function has been shown to be a novel and
important approach to obtaining specific and subtle biochemical information regarding …

The normal lung is the site of intense metabolic activity, largely associated with the
microvascular endothelial cells. Depressed pulmonary metabolic function is demonstrated in …

Measurement of transport or enzymatic processes associated with pulmonary endothelial
cells could provide unique information regarding the physiologic function of the …

Lung metabolic functions include the interaction of microvascular endothelium with blood-
borne substances such as physiologically important amine, eicosanoid, and peptide …

The pulmonary endothelial cell is active in the metabolic processing of numerous
endogenous substances, including the uptake of serotonin and norepinephrine.'Of major …

The work of Vane (16) and others (8, 9, 15) showed that a number of vasoactive substances
carried in venous blood are removed from the blood and/or chemically modified by the …

The current status of tests of regional lung function has been reviewed from the
physiological and clinical standpoint. Recent technical innovations include the use of single …

RECENTLY, increasing attention has been called to an area of respiratory physiology that
has hitherto received only sporadic or cursory examination—namely, the lung as an organ of …

Endothelium can be considered an ubiquitous cell type permeating all parts of the body or a
very extensive but continuous organ. The main functions of endothelial cells are shared …

T'he lung, once viewed as an exclusively respiratory organ, is receiving increasing interest
as a metabolic organ, with particular attention being paid to its ability to metabolize a variety …