Lung stem cells - from an evolving understanding to a paradigm shift?

The ideal cell type to regenerate an acutely injured or chronically diseased lung would be a stem cell population from the patient's own lung. Consequently, extensive research efforts have focused on identifying and characterizing endogenous lung stem cells. Advances in techniques to facilitate...

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Main Authors: Hayes, Mairéad, Curley, Gerard F, Laffey, John G
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3308038/