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Capillarycell-typespecializationinthealveolus
GillichAstrid,ZhangFan,FarmerColleenGetal.Capillarycell-typespecializationinthealveolus.[J].Nature,,undefined:undefined.
Inthemammalianlung,anapparentlyhomogenousmeshofcapillaryvesselssurroundseachalveolus,formingthevastrespiratorysurfaceacrosswhichoxygentransferstotheblood.Hereweusesingle-cellanalysistoelucidatethecelltypes,development,renewalandevolutionofthealveolarcapillaryendothelium.Weshowthatalveolarcapillariesaremosaics;similartotheepitheliumthatlinesthealveolus,thealveolarendotheliumismadeupoftwointermingledcelltypes,with