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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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Alveolar epithelial cells (cyan) bud from mesenchymal rings of myofibroblasts and other cells (magenta). Image credit: Nick Negretti, PhD, and Jennifer Sucre, MD.

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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