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Hyperplasia of pulmonary neuroendocrine cells in infancy and childhood.
Seminars in diagnostic pathology - 1 Nov 2015
Cutz Ernest
Abstract excerpt
Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells (PNEC) are widely distributed throughout the airway mucosa of mammalian lung as solitary cells and as distinctive innervated clusters, neuroepithelial bodies (NEB). These cells differentiate early during lung development and are more prominent in fetal/neonatal lungs compared to adults. PNEC/NEB cells produce biogenic amine (serotonin) and a variety of peptides (i.e., bombesin)...
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