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epithelium in the main
bronchi contains goblet cells,
which are glandular,
modified simple columnar epithelial cells that
produce mucins, the main component...
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Neuroendocrine cells are
cells that
receive neuronal input (through
neurotransmitters released by
nerve cells or
neurosecretory cells) and, as a consequence...
- The
bronchial circulation is the part of the
systemic circulation that
supplies nutrients and
oxygen to the
cells that
constitute the lungs, as well as...
- the
surface of
ciliated bronchial host
cells. This
binding may
alter cellular chemotaxis and
reduce the
migration of
immune cells into the
lungs of infected...
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Bronchial veins are
thereby part of the
bronchial circulation,
carrying waste products away from the
cells that
constitute the lungs. The
bronchial veins...
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Human Cell Atlas project,
which started in 2016, had as one of its
goals to "catalog all
cell types (for example,
immune cells or
brain cells) and sub-types...
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Enterochromaffin (EC)
cells (also
known as
Kulchitsky cells) are a type of
enteroendocrine cell, and
neuroendocrine cell. They
reside alongside the epithelium...
- I
cells, also
called type I pneumocytes, or type I
alveolar cells, are squamous, thin and flat and form the
structure of the alveoli. Type II
cells, also...
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Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are the most
recently discovered family of
innate immune cells,
derived from
common lymphoid progenitors (CLPs). In response...
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Bronchial brushing is a
procedure in
which cells are
taken from the
inside of the
airway mucosa or
bronchial lesions through catheter-based
brushing under...
