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Bronchioles

Known as: Bronchioles set, bronchiolar, Bronchiole/Bronchiolar 
The small airways branching off the TERTIARY BRONCHI. Terminal bronchioles lead into several orders of respiratory bronchioles which in turn lead… 
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Broader (4)

Airway structureBronchopulmonary segmentRespiratory SystemSegment of tracheobronchial tree
Blood supply aspectsBronchial treeBronchiolitisEpithelium of bronchiole

Narrower (3)

Bronchogenic CarcinomaStructure of respiratory bronchioleTerminal bronchiole (body structure)

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Review
2006
Review
2006
Beta-adrenoceptor responses of the airways: for better or worse?
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Influenza A virus-induced apoptosis in bronchiolar epithelial (NCI-H292) cells limits pro-inflammatory cytokine release.
Infection of cells with influenza A virus results in cell death with apoptotic characteristics. Apoptosis is regarded as a non… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Upstream Enhancer Activity in the Human Surfactant Protein B Gene Is Mediated by Thyroid Transcription Factor 1 (*)
Surfactant protein B (SP-B) is selectively expressed in bronchiolar and alveolar epithelial cells of the lung. We identified an… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Incorporation of tritiated thymidine by epithelial and interstitial cells in bronchiolar-alveolar regions of asbestos-exposed rats.
Inhaled asbestos causes progressive interstitial lung disease. The authors have performed a series of studies to elucidate early… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Unattenuated structural and biochemical alterations in the rat lung during functional adaptation to ozone.
Acute ozone (O3) exposure in humans produces changes in pulmonary function that attenuate with repeated exposure. This phenomenon… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Identification of cytochrome P-450 isozymes in nonciliated bronchiolar epithelial (Clara) and alveolar type II cells isolated from rabbit lung.
Two forms of cytochrome P-450 (P-450I and P-450II) have been shown by several techniques to be present in both nonciliated… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Pulmonary lesions in rats exposed to ozone. A correlated light and electron microscopic study.
Selective embedding processes were used to identify lesions in different regions of pulmonary acini in a histologic and… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Immunofluorescent studies in patients with farmer's lung.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Argyrophil (kinin and amine producing?) cells in human infant airway epithelium.
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Lesion of the lung in rats continuously exposed to two parts per million of nitrogen dioxide.
Rats exposed continuously to 2 ppm ot nitrogen dioxide in air survived their ordinary lifetimes with persistent tachypnoea and… 
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