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An optimal bronchial tree may be dangerous by Sapoval, B, Mauroy, B, Filoche, M, Weibel, E. R

“…The geometry and dimensions of branched structures such as blood vessels or airways are important factors in determining the efficiency of physiological…”
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Smaller is Better-but not Too Small: A Physical Scale for the Design of the Mammalian Pulmonary Acinus by Sapoval, Bernard, Filoche, M., Weibel, E. R.

“…The transfer of oxygen from air to blood in the lung involves three processes: ventilation through the airways, diffusion of oxygen in the air phase to the…”
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Fractal geometry: a design principle for living organisms by Weibel, E R

“…Fractal geometry allows structures to be quantitatively characterized in geometric terms even if their form is not even or regular, because fractal geometry…”
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Fifty years of Weibel-Palade bodies: the discovery and early history of an enigmatic organelle of endothelial cells by Weibel, E R

“…In 1962, a rod-shaped cytoplasmic organelle of endothelial cells, later called the Weibel-Palade body, was serendipitously discovered by electron microscopy…”
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A simple tool for stereological assessment of digital images: the STEPanizer by TSCHANZ, S.A., BURRI, P.H., WEIBEL, E.R.

“…Summary STEPanizer is an easy‐to‐use computer‐based software tool for the stereological assessment of digitally captured images from all kinds of microscopical…”
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The Concept of Symmorphosis: A Testable Hypothesis of Structure-Function Relationship by Weibel, Ewald R., Taylor, C. Richard, Hoppeler, Hans

“…The hypothesis that, in biological organisms, structural design is matched to functional demand is difficult to test because it is largely based on anecdotal…”
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Recent stereological methods for cell biology: a brief survey by Cruz-Orive, L M, Weibel, E R

“…With the advent of many new tools over the last five years, stereology has become simpler, assumption-free, and more efficient but, at the same time, new terms…”
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Preventing mediastinal shift after pneumonectomy impairs regenerative alveolar tissue growth by Hsia, C C, Wu, E Y, Wagner, E, Weibel, E R

“…To examine the effects of mechanical lung strain on regenerative growth of alveolar septal tissue after pneumonectomy (PNX), we replaced the right lungs of…”
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Quantitative assessment of lung microstructure in healthy mice using an MR-based 3He lung morphometry technique by OSMANAGIC, E, SUKSTANSKII, A. L, QUIRK, J. D, WOODS, J. C, PIERCE, R. A, CONRADI, M. S, WEIBEL, E. R, YABLONSKIY, D. A

“…The recently developed technique of lung morphometry using hyperpolarized (3)He diffusion magnetic resonance (MR) (Yablonskiy DA, Sukstanskii AL, Woods JC,…”
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Limits for oxygen and substrate transport in mammals by Hoppeler, H, Weibel, E R

“…Environmental oxygen is transported by the respiratory cascade to the site of oxidation in active tissues. Under conditions of heavy exercise, it is ultimately…”
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How to make an alveolus by Weibel, E R

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Compensatory lung growth occurs in adult dogs after right pneumonectomy by Hsia, C C, Herazo, L F, Fryder-Doffey, F, Weibel, E R

“…We investigated the structural changes in the left lung of five adult male foxhounds 5 mo (n = 2) or 16 mo (n = 3) after right pneumonectomy (approximately 54%…”
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Oxidative capacity of muscle and mitochondria: correlation of physiological, biochemical, and morphometric characteristics by Schwerzmann, Klaus, Hoppeler, Hans, Kayar, Susan R., Weibel, Ewald R.

“…The oxidative capacity of cat skeletal muscles (soleus, gracilis, and gracilis chronically stimulated for 28 days) was derived from the total mitochondrial…”
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Structural and functional limits for oxygen supply to muscle by Hoppeler, H., Weibel, E.R.

“…Environmental oxygen is transported by the respiratory cascade to the site of oxidation in active tissues. Under conditions of heavy exercise it is ultimately…”
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Relations among alveolar surface tension, surface area, volume, and recoil pressure by Bachofen, H, Schürch, S, Urbinelli, M, Weibel, E R

“…For pulmonary structure-function analysis excised rabbit lungs were fixed by vascular perfusion at six points on the pressure-volume (P-V) curve, i.e. at 40,…”
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Endurance training in humans: aerobic capacity and structure of skeletal muscle by Hoppeler, H, Howald, H, Conley, K, Lindstedt, S L, Claassen, H, Vock, P, Weibel, E R

“…The adaptation of muscle structure, power output, and mass-specific rate of maximal O2 consumption (VO2max/Mb) with endurance training on bicycle ergometers…”
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Acute Encephalopathy Followed by Permanent Brain Injury or Death Associated With Further Attenuated Measles Vaccines: A Review of Claims Submitted to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program by Weibel, Robert E, Caserta, Vito, Benor, David E, Evans, Geoffrey

“…To determine if there is evidence for a causal relationship between acute encephalopathy followed by permanent brain injury or death associated with the…”
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Compensatory alveolar growth normalizes gas-exchange function in immature dogs after pneumonectomy by Takeda, Shin-Ichi, Hsia, Connie C. W, Wagner, Eva, Ramanathan, Murugappan, Estrera, Aaron S, Weibel, Ewald R

“…Departments of 1  Medicine and 2  Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75235-9034; and 3  Institute of Anatomy, University…”
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Simulations of washout experiments in postmortem rat lungs by Verbanck, S, Weibel, E R, Paiva, M

“…We developed a rat lung model to simulate single-breath and multiple-breath washout experiments performed by Verbanck et al. (J. Appl. Physiol. 71: 847-854,…”
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Who did what? The human side of the science enterprise by Weibel, E R

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