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Cultures of human tracheal gland cells of mucous or serous phenotype.
In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal - 1 May 2010
Finkbeiner Walter E, Zlock Lorna T, Mehdi Irum, Widdicombe Jonathan H
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There are two main epithelial cell types in the secretory tubules of mammalian glands: serous and mucous. The former is believed to secrete predominantly water and antimicrobials, the latter mucins. Primary cultures of human airway gland epithelium have been available for almost 20 yr, but they a...
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