Deformation-induced transitional myofibroblasts contribute to compensatory lung growth
In many mammals, including humans, removal of one lung (pneumonectomy) results in the compensatory growth of the remaining lung. Compensatory growth involves not only an increase in lung size, but also an increase in the number of alveoli in the peripheral lung; however, the process of compensatory...
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American Physiological Society,
2018-11-29T16:30:50Z.
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