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Epithelium of trachea

Known as: Tracheal Epithelium 
Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium with many Goblet cells, lining the lumen of the trachea. The basement membrane is thick.
National Institutes of Health

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Basal CellBrush cellGoblet Cells

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Mucosa of tracheaPseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium
TracheaTracheal Adenoid Cystic CarcinomaTracheal CarcinomaTracheal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Modulation of biomarkers by chemopreventive agents in smoke-exposed rats.
Chemoprevention opens new perspectives in the prevention of cancer and other chronic degenerative diseases associated with… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis of dendritic cells in the rat tracheal mucosa.
Dendritic cells are antigen-presenting cells that constitutively express high levels of major histocompatibility complex class II… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Effect of bradykinin on airway ciliary motility and its modulation by neutral endopeptidase.
We studied the effect of bradykinin on ciliary activity and its modulation by peptidases in cultured rabbit tracheal epithelium… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Effect of human eosinophil major basic protein on ion transport in dog tracheal epithelium.
Eosinophil major basic protein (MBP) is a granule-associated cytotoxic protein found in sputum and deposited on airway tissues of… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Respiratory tract infections increase susceptibility to neurogenic inflammation in the rat trachea.
This study reveals that respiratory tract infections make the tracheal mucosa of rats more susceptible to neurogenic inflammation… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Intracellular calcium regulates basolateral potassium channels in a chloride-secreting epithelium.
The two individual cell membranes of epithelia are functionally coupled, so that changes in apical membrane conductance are… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Isolation, purification, and properties of respiratory mucus glycoproteins.
The major glycoprotein from human tracheobronchial secretions and from primary explant cultures of human tracheal epithelium has… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
The effect of cigarette smoke on the permeability of guinea pig airways.
The epithelium lining the conducting airways restricts the movement of inhaled foreign materials into the interstitial and… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Freeze-etch study of the tracheal epithelium of normal guinea pigs with particular reference to intercellular junctions.
Highly Cited
1953
Highly Cited
1953
Regeneration of tracheal epithelium.
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