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Apoptosis in the Development of Rat and Human Fetal Lungs
1 Jan 1998
Abstract excerpt
The establishment of an effective pulmonary alveolar-capillary interface occurs during mid to late gestation. This requires an expansion of endothelial, epithelial, and air space compartments with relative thinning of the interstitial compartment. Traditionally, these changes have been attributed to differences in the rate of cell growth in the respective compartments. We hypothesized that apoptosis also...
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