Lung Follicles (2) (IMAGE)

Helmholtz Munich (Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH))

Lung Follicles (2)

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Lung section from mice exposed to chronic cigarette smoke for six months highlighting the developing follicles, seen here as dense tightly packed inflammatory cells, and increased airspace enlargement from damaged alveolar structures both of which are characteristic pathological features of COPD in patients.

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Helmholtz Zentrum München

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