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Alveolar type II pneumocytes (ATII cells) are considered putative alveolar stem cells. Since no treatment is available to repair damaged epithelium and prevent lung fibrosis, novel approaches to induce regeneration of injured alveolar epithelium are desired.The objective of this study was to assess both the capacity of human embryonic stem cells (HUES-3) to differentiate in vitro into ATII cells and the ability of committed HUES-3 cells (HUES-3-ATII cells) to recover in vivo a pulmonary fibrosis... [View all]
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