type II pneumocyte differentiation

I. Literature review

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Nametype II pneumocyte differentiation
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Biological process

Exact synonym

great alveolar cell differentiation

Related synonym

granular pneumocyte differentiation, large alveolar cell differentiation

Description

The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a type II pneumocyte. A type II pneumocyte is a surfactant secreting cell that contains abundant cytoplasm containing numerous lipid-rich multilamellar bodies.

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