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. 2020 Mar 25;21(7):2269. doi: 10.3390/ijms21072269

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Alveolar epithelial type II cells (AT2) functions in lung fibrosis. An overview schematic illustration described functional roles of AT2 cells to maintain lung homeostasis during injuries and their profibrotic phenotypic changes that promote lung fibrosis upon the presence of risk factors e.g., aging, environmental stress, etc.