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From: Alterations of alveolar type II cells and intraalveolar surfactant after bronchoalveolar lavage and perfluorocarbon ventilation. An electron microscopical and stereological study in the rat lung

Figure 2

Type II cell ultrastructure. Transmission electron micrographs demonstrating type II cell ultrastructure in Healthy-Gas (A), Healthy-PF5080 (B), Lavaged-Gas (C), and Lavaged-PF5080 (D) groups. Qualitatively, the lamellar bodies appear normal in number in the Healthy-Gas (A) and Healthy-PF5080 (B) groups, while the type II cells seem to be smaller in size and contain less lamellar bodies in the Lavaged-Gas (C) and Lavaged-PF5080 (D) groups. Lamellar bodies in the process of secretion were seen more frequently in the lavaged animals (exemplarly shown in D).

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Respiratory Research

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