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Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cells: Sensors and Sentinels of the Lung
Yoshihiko Kobayashi1, Purushothama Rao Tata2
1Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Abstract:
Organisms have developed cellular "antennas" to sense, interpret, and integrate environmental stimuli. In a recent issue of Science, Sui et al. (2018) demonstrate that discrete clusters of pulmonary neuroendocrine cells in the lung can sense airborne allergens and relay signals to stimulate immune cells and induce tissue/organ-wide responses.
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