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Bronchial epithelium: morphology, function and pathophysiology in asthma. Volume 9, numéro 4, December 1998

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Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel: (+31) 10 4088253, Fax: (+31) 10 4367601, e-mail: vandervelden@immu.fgg.eur.nl
  • Page(s) : 585-98
  • Année de parution : 1999

MORPHOLOGY OF THE BRONCHIAL EPITHELIUM The bronchial epithelium forms the interface between the respiratory system and the inspired air. The epithelial layer rests upon a connective tissue substratum consisting of a basement membrane, lamina propria and submucosa, containing smooth muscle, glands and cartilage [1]. The bronchial epithelium is composed of three main cell types, which together form a pseudo- stratified [...]