Ultrastructure of the aqueous lining layer in hamster airways: Is there a two-phase system?

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 428-437

  Geiser, Marianne ^a   Im Hof, Vinzenz ^b   Siegenthaler, Walter ^a   Grunder, Rolf ^a   Gehr, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

airways; lining layer; mucus; surfactant; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURE;

CONTINUOUS PHASE; GAS EXCHANGE; INTRATHORACIC; INTRAVASCULAR; LINING LAYER; MUCUS; NON-POLAR; PARTICLE RETENTION; TWO PHASE SYSTEMS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

LININGS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; HAMSTER; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0030894864     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970301)36:5<428::AID-JEMT13>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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