Stretch stimulation: Its effects on alveolar type II cell function in the lung

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 245-260

  Edwards, Yasmin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alveolar type I; Alveolar type II; Differentiation; Lung injury; Proliferation; Stretch; Surfactant; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG VENTILATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0035008472     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00321-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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