...Andreas Schmiedl; Thomas Tschernig; Anke Lührmann; Reinhard Pabst The periarterial space has recently been described and its physiological and pathophysiological role during inflammatory and allergic reactions has been reviewed. The present studies used a light-/electron-microscopic approach...

... arteries, characterized by a unique architecture of capillaries running in parallel to the pulmonary artery. This compartment – the periarterial space – is described and its phyiological and pathophysiological role reviewed. The periarterial space is infiltrated by different leukocyte subsets during edema...