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A 40-year-old woman who had pneumonia due to ...
Surfactant ๐Ÿ” / ๐Ÿ“บ / ๐ŸŒณ / ๐Ÿ“–
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FA 2017: Secrete surfactant from lamellar bodies. Also serve as precursors to type I cells and other type II cells. Proliferate during lung damage.

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Type 2 pneumocytes produce stem cells and surfactant.
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