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- noun Plural form of
pneumocyte .
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Examples
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AQP5, the aquaporin from secretory glands, was cloned by Surabhi Raina and was shown by Landon and Søren to have unique distribution in glands and alveolar pneumocytes.
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However, we previously detected abundant viral nucleoprotein of A/Nagano/RC1-L/2009 (H1N1) in pneumocytes expressing α2-3 sialylated glycans in autopsy lung tissue sections
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Makoto Kuroda et al. 2010
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+ HUVECs. (f) High-power view (left, ×40, scale bar, 20 μm; right, ×80, scale bar, 10 μm) showing pneumocytes (white arrowheads) forming a single layer of cytoplasm over endothelial cell-lined capillaries (white arrows) in the alveolar septum.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Harald C Ott 2010
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"Our natural matrix generated the same pattern, with tracheal cells only in the trachea, alveoli-like cells in the alveoli, pneumocytes only in the distal lung, and definite transition zones between the bronchi and the alveoli."
R&D Mag - News 2010
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Baybutt RC, Hu L, Molteni A. Vitamin A deficiency injures lung and liver parenchyma and impairs function of rat type II pneumocytes.
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Baybutt RC, Hu L, Molteni A. Vitamin A deficiency injures lung and liver parenchyma and impairs function of rat type II pneumocytes.
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Baybutt RC, Hu L, Molteni A. Vitamin A deficiency injures lung and liver parenchyma and impairs function of rat type II pneumocytes.
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Epithelial cell apoptosis makes a significant contribution to the disease but type II pneumocytes appear to function as local stem cells, and functional recovery depends on their proliferation to restore the normal alveolar architecture
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Susana Aguilar et al. 2009
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Baybutt RC, Hu L, Molteni A. Vitamin A deficiency injures lung and liver parenchyma and impairs function of rat type II pneumocytes.
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Baybutt RC, Hu L, Molteni A. Vitamin A deficiency injures lung and liver parenchyma and impairs function of rat type II pneumocytes.
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