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    dioxide-rich air. There are three major types of alveolar cell. Two types are pneumocytes or pneumonocytes known as type I and type II cells found in the alveolar...
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  • or pit. Pulmonary alveolus, an air sac in the lungs Alveolar cell or pneumocyte Alveolar duct Alveolar macrophage Mammary alveolus, a milk sac in the...
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  • prostate. The needle biopsy rate is less than 1%. Multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia (MMPH) in situ pulmonary adenocarcinoma (bronchioloalveolar...
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    exudation, minor fibrin exudation pulmonary oedema, pneumocyte hyperplasia, large atypical pneumocytes, interstitial inflammation with lymphocytic infiltration...
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  • Thumbnail for Multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia
    Multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia (MMPH) is a subtype of pneumocytic hyperplasia (hyperplasia of pneumocytes lining pulmonary alveoli). Several...
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    Cytomegalovirus infection of a lung pneumocyte, showing owl's eye appearance of a large cell at center...
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    capillary endothelial and alveolar type I epithelial cells (or type 1 pneumocytes). The two red objects labeled "RBC" are red blood cells in the pulmonary...
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    stem cell Angioblast/Mesoangioblast Pericyte Mural cell Mesothelial cell Pneumocyte Type I cell Type II cell Club cell Goblet cell Pulmonary neuroendocrine...
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    Typical "owl eye" intranuclear inclusion indicating CMV infection of a lung pneumocyte Virus classification (unranked): Virus Realm: Duplodnaviria Kingdom: Heunggongvirae...
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    II pneumocytes. Up to 90% of surfactant DPPC (dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine) is recycled from the alveolar space back into the type II pneumocyte. This...
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  • an hyperplasia of pneumocytes lining pulmonary alveoli. Pulmonary atypical adenomatous hyperplasia Multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia Behnes...
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    blood, and from blood entering the alveoli. It is formed by the type I pneumocytes of the alveolar wall, the endothelial cells of the capillaries and the...
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    conidia within their phagosomes. Epithelial cells, specifically type II pneumocytes, also internalize conidia which traffic to the lysosome where ingested...
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    epithelial cultures, with a focal infection in ciliated cells and type 2 pneumocytes in the airway and alveolar regions respectively. Studies have identified...
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    the alveolar type II pneumocytes and induces surfactant expression, which is one of the main functions of these type II pneumocytes. In mice, and to a lesser...
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    two types of cell are known as type I and type II cells (also known as pneumocytes). Types I and II make up the walls and alveolar septa. Type I cells provide...
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    production, and stimulating synthesis and release of surfactant by type II pneumocytes. Surfactant acts as an anti-glue factor by reducing the adhesion of mucus...
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    Marked atypia of type 2 pneumocytes is a characteristic finding in association with treatment with busulfan and other chemotherapeutic agents....
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    of oxalic acid. Hyperplasia tends to occur in type 1 pneumocytes and not in type 2 pneumocytes. The only recommended long-term treatment is avoidance...
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    third cell type in the alveolus; the others are the type I and type II pneumocytes. Alveolar macrophages are phagocytes that play a critical role in homeostasis...
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    Identified by methenamine silver stain of lung tissue, type I pneumocytes, and type II pneumocytes over-replicate and damage alveolar epithelium, causing death...
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    represent multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia (MMPH) made up of clusters of hyperplastic type II pneumocytes. MMPH may be present in males or...
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    analysis showed that multinucleated syncytial cells and atypical enlarged pneumocytes demonstrating cytomorphological changes consistent with viral infection...
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    small intestine lysozyme secretion Type II pneumocyte Lungs surfactant secretion Club cell Type I pneumocyte formation of the Blood-Gas Barrier Barrier...
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    of some tissues, being especially abundant in smooth muscle, type I pneumocytes, fibroblasts, adipocytes, and endothelial cells. Uptake of extracellular...
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    type I and type II pneumocytes. Type I pneumocytes cover 95% of alveolar surfaces, and are not able to regenerate. Type II pneumocytes are more common,...
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    capillary endothelial and alveolar type I epithelial cells (or type 1 pneumocytes). The two red objects labeled "RBC" are red blood cells in the alveolar...
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    Human betaherpesvirus 5 CMV infection of a human lung pneumocyte Virus classification (unranked): Virus Realm: Duplodnaviria Kingdom: Heunggongvirae Phylum:...
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    node metastasis. Jpn J Clin Oncol 16(1):77-86 Yamazaki K (2004) Type-II pneumocyte differentiation in pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma: ultrastructural differentiation...
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    IPF occurs to the lung cells, called alveolar epithelial cells (AECs, pneumocytes), which line the majority of the alveolar surface. When type I AECs are...
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