Type 2 Pneumocytes

respiratory-cell-biology

Club cells and type 2 pneumocytes are both secretory cells in the respiratory epithelium, but they serve distinct roles in lung defense and homeostasis. Club cells, historically...

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respiratory-physiology

The lungs move air through a branching network of airways until it reaches tiny, balloon-like chambers called alveoli, where oxygen enters the blood and carbon dioxide exits. Th...

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