Airway epithelial cells: Current concepts and challenges

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 772-777

  Crystal, Ronald G ^a   Randell, Scott H ^b   Engelhardt, John F ^c   Voynow, Judith ^d   Sunday, Mary E ^d  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway epithelium; Differentiation; Gene expression; Progenitor stem cells

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CARCINOMA; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; STEM CELL;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; STEM CELLS;

EID: 50849093929     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.200805-041HR     Document Type: Conference Paper

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