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Morphology, cytology, and main clearance mechanisms in single lung compartments. Nomenclature of the lung regions was carried out according to the suggestions of the ICRP (12). AM, airway/alveolar macrophage; BC, basal cell; BRC, brush cell; CC, ciliated cell; CLC, clara cell; GC, goblet cell; PC1, pneumocyte type 1; PC2, pneumocyte type 2.
