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Comment
. 2011 Oct;3(10):575-7.
doi: 10.1002/emmm.201100166. Epub 2011 Aug 19.

Human lung stem cells: oh, the places you'll go!

Melanie Königshoff  1 , Johannes Schwarz, Oliver Eickelberg
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Human lung stem cells: oh, the places you'll go!

Melanie Königshoff et al. EMBO Mol Med. 2011 Oct.
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Figure 1
Human lung stem cells in CLD progression and therapy. Multipotent resident lung stem cells (green) originate from a variety of compartments and may contribute to the progression of several CLD. On the other hand, adult human lung stem cells could be used to exploit different therapeutic options.
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  • Evidence for human lung stem cells.
    Kajstura J, Rota M, Hall SR, Hosoda T, D'Amario D, Sanada F, Zheng H, Ogórek B, Rondon-Clavo C, Ferreira-Martins J, Matsuda A, Arranto C, Goichberg P, Giordano G, Haley KJ, Bardelli S, Rayatzadeh H, Liu X, Quaini F, Liao R, Leri A, Perrella MA, Loscalzo J, Anversa P. Kajstura J, et al. N Engl J Med. 2011 May 12;364(19):1795-806. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1101324. N Engl J Med. 2011. Retraction in: N Engl J Med. 2018 Nov 8;379(19):1870. doi: 10.1056/NEJMe1813802. PMID: 21561345 Free PMC article. Retracted.

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