The human lung is distinct from its murine counterpart in terms of both its greater size and in
several aspects of its anatomical and cellular composition. This chapter will focus on …

Precision-cut lung slices (PCLS) are 300-500 μm-thick sections of lung tissue. As such, they
represent a small piece of lung that contains all of the resident cell populations. Moreover …

Most organs in the adult human body are able to maintain themselves and undergo repair
after injury; these processes are largely dependent on stem cells. In this Monograph, the …

The World Health Organization ranks lung diseases among the leading causes of morbidity
and mortality worldwide. The definitive treatment for rapidly progressing and end-stage …

cancer kills more cancer patients worldwide than any [1]. other, with an estimated million
deaths each year, and is increasing globally The major histological subtype is nonsmall cell …

field of lungstem cell biology. the We have seen howover stemthe cellspast contribute to the
construction and maintenance of the architecture and cellular composition of the lung, and to …