LUNG ELASTICITY IN REGIONAL AND DIFFUSE PULMONARY FIBROSIS
LUNG ELASTICITY IN REGIONAL AND DIFFUSE PULMONARY FIBROSIS
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1979.47.1.138
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
JOHANSON, WG
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作者:
FINE, R;MCCULLOUGH, B;JOHANSON, WG
Static deflation air and saline pressure-volume (PV) curves were performed on 5 normal [excised] baboon [Papio cynocephalus] lungs, 4 with radiation-induced upper lobe fibrosis and 2 with diffuse bleomycin-induced fibrosis. Curves were compared visually and using half-inflation pressures (h). When plotted as percent of observed vital capacity vs. transpulmonary pressure, the radiation-associated curves were similar in shape to control curves. Also, h values were not significantly different between the 2 groups. The bleomycin-associated curves were shifted rightward and exhibited increased h values. PV curves were correlated with connective tissue data. Elastin concentration was increased in the irradiated upper lobes through loss of associated constituents. Elastin accumulated in the lower lobes of the irradiated animals through compensatory growth, and, in the bleomycin-associated lungs, through excessive production. Collagen followed a similar but less dramatic trend. Connective tissue accumulation may not lead to rightward shifted PV curves if accumulation is present in relatively noninflatable lung units or as part of compensatory lung growth.