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Molecular phenotype of airway side population cells.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology - 1 Apr 2004
Giangreco Adam, Shen Hongmei, Reynolds Susan D, Stripp Barry R
Abstract excerpt
Lung epithelial-specific stem cells have been localized to discrete microenvironments throughout the adult conducting airway. Properties of these cells include pollutant resistance, multipotent differentiation, and infrequent proliferation. Goals of the present study were to use Hoechst 33342 efflux, a property of stem cells in other tissues, to purify and further characterize airway stem cells. Hoechst 33342...
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