Uroplakin 3a+ Cells Are a Distinctive Population of Epithelial Progenitors that Contribute to Airway Maintenance and Post-injury Repair

Summary: There is evidence that certain club cells (CCs) in the murine airways associated with neuroepithelial bodies (NEBs) and terminal bronchioles are resistant to the xenobiotic naphthalene (Nap) and repopulate the airways after Nap injury. The identity and significance of these progenitors (var...

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Main Authors: Arjun Guha, Aditya Deshpande, Aradhya Jain, Paola Sebastiani, Wellington V. Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-04-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124717303972