Consider the lung as a sensory organ: A tip from pulmonary neuroendocrine cells.

@article{Garg2019ConsiderTL,
  title={Consider the lung as a sensory organ: A tip from pulmonary neuroendocrine cells.},
  author={Ankur Garg and Pengfei Sui and Jamie M. Verheyden and Lisa R. Young and Xin Sun},
  journal={Current topics in developmental biology},
  year={2019},
  volume={132},
  pages={
          67-89
        }
}
  • A. GargP. Sui Xin Sun
  • Published 2019
  • Biology, Medicine
  • Current topics in developmental biology
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