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. 2001 Feb 22;2(2):90–101. doi: 10.1186/rr44

Table 2.

Sites of endothelin-1 synthesis in the lung

Airway
 Epithelium
        Epithelial cells
        Clara cells
        Neuroendocrine cells
 Smooth muscle cells
Parenchyma
 Clara cells
 Macrophages
 Endothelial cells
Pulmonary tumors
 Adenocarcinomas
 Squamous cell carcinoma
 Small cell carcinoma?
 Carcinoid tumors
Vasculature
 Endothelial cells
 Platelets
 Smooth muscle