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Pulmonary alveolar structure
Known as:
Pulmonary Alveoli
, Pulmonary alveolus
, lung alveolus
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Small polyhedral outpouchings along the walls of the alveolar sacs, alveolar ducts and terminal bronchioles through the walls of which gas exchange…
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Alveolar capillary dysplasia
Broader (5)
Alveolar duct
Alveolar sac
Lung
Structure of atrium of alveolus
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Alveolus
Blood supply aspects
Blood-Air Barrier
Microbiological
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Highly Cited
2018
Highly Cited
2018
Regeneration of the lung alveolus by an evolutionarily conserved epithelial progenitor
W. Zacharias
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D. Frank
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+6 authors
E. Morrisey
Nature
2018
Corpus ID: 3822187
Functional tissue regeneration is required for the restoration of normal organ homeostasis after severe injury. Some organs, such…
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Highly Cited
2018
Highly Cited
2018
Primary Human Lung Alveolus‐on‐a‐chip Model of Intravascular Thrombosis for Assessment of Therapeutics
Abhishek Jain
,
Riccardo Barrile
,
+10 authors
D. E. Ingber
Clinical pharmacology and therapy
2018
Corpus ID: 13911526
Pulmonary thrombosis is a significant cause of patient mortality; however, there are no effective in vitro models of thrombi…
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Mitochondrial transfer from bone-marrow–derived stromal cells to pulmonary alveoli protects against acute lung injury
M. N. Islam
,
Shonita Das
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+7 authors
J. Bhattacharya
Nature Network Boston
2012
Corpus ID: 533377
Bone marrow–derived stromal cells (BMSCs) protect against acute lung injury (ALI). To determine the role of BMSC mitochondria in…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Phagocytosis and Intracellular Fate of Aspergillus fumigatus Conidia in Alveolar Macrophages
O. Ibrahim‐Granet
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B. Philippe
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+4 authors
J. Latgé
Infection and Immunity
2003
Corpus ID: 25667185
ABSTRACT Aspergillus fumigatus is the most prevalent airborne fungal pathogen responsible for fatal invasive aspergillosis in…
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Review
2003
Review
2003
Platelet-derived growth factor signaling and human cancer.
Jiuhong Yu
,
C. Ustach
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H. Kim
Journal of biochemistry and molecular biology
2003
Corpus ID: 6993574
Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is a critical regulator of mesenchymal cell migration and proliferation. The vital…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Altered surfactant homeostasis and alveolar type II cell morphology in mice lacking surfactant protein D.
C. Botas
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F. Poulain
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+8 authors
S. Hawgood
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1998
Corpus ID: 36170735
Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is one of two collectins found in the pulmonary alveolus. On the basis of homology with other…
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Postnatal treatment with retinoic acid increases the number of pulmonary alveoli in rats.
G. Massaro
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D. Massaro
American Journal of Physiology
1996
Corpus ID: 6852791
Dexamethasone, a glucocorticosteroid hormone, inhibits the formation of alveoli; retinoids and glucocorticosteroid hormones can…
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Molecular cloning of a mercurial-insensitive water channel expressed in selected water-transporting tissues.
H. Hasegawa
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T. Ma
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W. Skach
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M. Matthay
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A. Verkman
Journal of Biological Chemistry
1994
Corpus ID: 29994066
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Pulmonary surfactant protein B (SP-B): structure-function relationships.
C. Cochrane
,
S. Revak
Science
1991
Corpus ID: 27397116
SP-B is a protein in pulmonary surfactant that is, in greatest part, responsible for resistance to surface tension and prevention…
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Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Improvements in demonstration of lining layer of lung alveoli by electron microscopy.
Joan Gil
,
Ewald R. Weibel
Respiration Physiology
1969
Corpus ID: 31924824
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