The role of pulmonary mesenchymal cells in airway epithelium regeneration during injury repair

Abstract Background The airways of mammalian lung are lined with highly specialized cell types that are the target of airborne toxicants and injury. Several epithelial cell types and bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells have been identified to serve as stem cells during injury repair. However,...

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Main Authors: Suyun Fang, Suhong Zhang, Haiting Dai, Xiaoxiang Hu, Changgong Li, Yiming Xing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Stem Cell Research & Therapy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-019-1452-1