Ultrastructural changes in the synthetic and secretory patterns of pulmonary surfactant following pilocarpine in vivo

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 343-348

  Smith, D M ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pilocarpine; Pulmonary surfactant; Type II cells

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT; PILOCARPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SECRETION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LAMELLAR BODY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; RAT; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; GOLGI APPARATUS; MALE; PILOCARPINE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030949532     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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