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Parabronchial angioarchitecture in developing and adult chickens.
(University of Nairobi,, 2009)
The avian lung has a highly sophisticated morphology with a complex vascular system. Extant data regarding avian pulmonary angioarchitecture are few and contradictory. We used corrosion casting techniques, light microscopy, ...
Epithelial transformations in the establishment of the blood–gas barrier in the developing chick embryo lung
(Wiley, 2006)
The tall epithelium of the developing chick embryo lung is converted to a squamous one, which participates in formation of the thin blood–gas barrier. We show that this conversion occurred through processes resembling ...
The structural design of the bat wing web and its possible role in gas exchange.
(University of Nairobi,, 2007)
The structure of the skin in the epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus wahlbergi) wing and body trunk was studied with a view to understanding possible adaptations for gas metabolism and thermoregulation. In addition, gas ...
Microvascular endowment in the developing chicken embryo lung
(The American Physiological Society, 2007)
In the current study, the contribution of the major angiogenic mechanisms, sprouting and intussusception, to vascular development in the avian lung has been demonstrated. Sprouting guides the emerging vessels to form the ...
Erythrina abyssinica prevents meningoencephalitis in chronic Trypanosoma brucei brucei mouse model.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-01)
Human African trypanosomiasis is prevalent in Sub-sahara African countries that lie between 14° North and 29° south of the equator. Sixty million people are at risk of infection. Trypanosoma brucei gambesience occurs in ...
Comparative quantitative and qualitative attributes of the surface respiratory macrophages in the domestic duck and the rabbit
(2011)
In mammals, surface respiratory macrophages (SM) are known to play a foremost role in protecting the respiratory
system by providing first line of defense through engulfing pathogens and particulate matter respired with ...
Anticancer drug vinblastine sulphate induces transient morphological changes on the olfactory mucosa of the rabbit
(2012)
Vinblastine sulphate (VBS) is an anticancer drug that acts by disrupting microtubule
dynamics of highly mitotic tissue cells. The consequences of VBS on the
olfactory mucosa (OM), a tissue with high mitotic numbers, are ...
Intussusceptive angiogenesis and its role in vascular morphogenesis, patterning, and remodeling
(Springer Netherlands, 2009)
New blood vessels arise initially as blood islands in the process known as vasculogenesis or as new capillary segments produced through angiogenesis. Angiogenesis itself encompasses two broad processes, namely sprouting ...
Functional respiratory morphology in the newborn quokka wallaby (Setonix brachyurus)
(Wiley, 2007)
A morphological and morphometric study of the lung of the newborn quokka wallaby (
Setonix brachyurus
) was
undertaken to assess its morphofunctional status at birth. Additionally, skin structure and morphometry ...