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Fluid transport across cultured rat alveolar epithelial cells: a novel in vitro system.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology - 1 Jul 2004
Fang Xiaohui, Song Yuanlin, Zemans Rachel, Hirsch Jan, Matthay Michael A
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have used fluid-instilled lungs to measure net alveolar fluid transport in intact animal and human lungs. However, intact lung studies have two limitations: the contribution of different distal lung epithelial cells cannot be studied separately, and the surface area for fluid abs...
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