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SUBMITTER: Hegab AE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3403816 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) 20110801 8
The airway epithelium is in direct contact with the environment and therefore constantly at risk for injury. Basal cells (BCs) have been found to repair the surface epithelium (SE), but the contribution of other stem cell populations to airway epithelial repair has not been identified. We demonstrated that airway submucosal gland (SMG) duct cells, in addition to BCs, survived severe hypoxic-ischemic injury. We developed a method to isolate duct cells from the airway. In vitro and in vivo models ...[more]