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J Reconstr Microsurg 1988; 4(4): 341-346
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1006942
BASIC SCIENCE REVIEW

© 1988 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Physiologic Regulation of Capillary Permeability

Virginia H. Huxley
  • Department of Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri
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Accepted for publication 1988

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08 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

The review provides an update and overview of the role of exchange microvessels in the transfer of materials between circulating blood and metabolizing tissues. Following a presentation of the basic mechanisms governing transvascular movement of water and solutes, both active and passive modulation of vascular permeability are discussed. Some of the issues under current study are highlighted and a few of the questions awaiting answers are raised.