What silent mutations say about the human airways.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 24157627.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.01541 and PMC identifier 3805953.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
A technique for tracing stem cells and their descendants reveals how the lining of the airways is maintained, and how this process is altered in smokers.
Medical subject headings
- Stem Cells
- Stochastic Processes
- Trachea