Stromal cells can be cultured and characterized from diagnostic bronchoalveolar fluid samples obtained from patients with various types of interstitial lung diseases

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The current position of surgical lung biopsy in the diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: The Clinical Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cellular Analysis in Interstitial Lung Disease

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Myofibroblasts in interstitial lung diseases show diverse electron microscopic and invasive features

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An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Statement: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Evidence-based Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management

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Evidence for Human Lung Stem Cells

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Multiple stromal populations contribute to pulmonary fibrosis without evidence for epithelial to mesenchymal transition

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Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Bronchoalveolar Lavage as Predictors of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome

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Alveolar fibroblasts in acute lung injury: biological behaviour and clinical relevance

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Ultrastructural Features of Lung Fibroblast Differentiation into Myofibroblasts

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