Clara cell

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Clara cell

nonciliated, secretory bronchiolar epithelial cells; function as stem cells for repair in the bronchioles and can divide into ciliated or nonciliated bronchiolar cells.

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nonciliated bronchiolar epithelial cell			Dr Whitsett and his team at Cincinnatti Children's team Hospital found "good" lung cells called Clara cells change into mucus cells in a process called metaplasia - and that the process could be reversed. Doctors to blow away stuffy noses; MEDICINE by The Mirror (London, England) Serum Clara cell protein: A sensitive biomarker of increased lung epithelim permeability caused by ambient ozone. A comparison of ozone exposure in Fresno and Shaver Lake, California by Perez, Miguel A. / Journal of Environmental Health The first stage occurs within the first 2 hr of exposure and is characterized by an increase in Clara cell toxicity. The role of inflammatory mediators in the synergistic toxicity of ... by Hammock, Bruce D. / Environmental Health Perspectives			Cladosporium Cladosporium carrionii Cladotaenia cladribine Claforan claim claimant claims payment fraud claims reporting fraud claims review Claims-Made Policy clairvoyance clam clam digger's itch clam poisoning clamp clamp forceps clamping clang association clanging Claoxylon australe clap clapotement clapping Clapton's line Clara cell Clarence River snake clarificant clarification clarify Clarion cochlear implant clarithromycin Claritin Clark clamp Clark's level Clark's rule Clark's weight rule Clarke-Hadfield syndrome clary CLAS clasmat- clasmatocyte clasp clasp arm Clasp Knife Phenomenon clasp torsion clasp-knife reflex clasp-knife release clasp-knife spasticity class Class Action Lawsuit			Clapton Clapton Clapton's line Clapton, Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton, Eric Patrick claptrap CLAPV claque claque claque claques claques claques Claqueur claqueurs CLAQWA CLAR Clar's rule Clar's rule CLARA CLARA CLARA CLARA CLARA Clara Barton Center for Domestic Preparedness Clara Barton National Historic Site Clara Barton National Historic Site Clara Barton Parkway Clara Bow Clara cell Clara Cell 10-kD Protein Clara Cell Phospholipid-Binding Protein Clara Cell Secretory Protein 16 Clara cells Clara Eissner Clara Foltz Feminist Association Clara Josephine Schumann Clara Josephine Wieck Clara Schumann Clara Shortridge Foltz Clara Viebig Clara Zedkin Clara Zetkin clarabella clarabellas clarain Claramax Claratin Claratyn Claratyne CLARB CLARC Clärchen Clare Clare Clare Clare Clare

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