The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.
reduced number of the granular and roughly cuboidal cells typically found at the alveolar-septal junction that modulate the fluid surrounding the alveolar epithelium by secreting and recycling surfactants, and also contribute to tissue repair and can differentiate after injury into a type I pneumocyte; type II cells cover a much smaller surface area than type I cells (less than 5 percent), but are much more numerous and contain lamellar bodies on the apical surface where surfactant is stored
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decreased AT2 number; decreased ATII number; decreased Cuboidal type II cell number; decreased Great alveolar cell number; decreased Lung type 2 cell number; decreased TII number; decreased granular pneumocyte number; decreased type 2 alveolar epithelial cell number; decreased type 2 alveolocyte number; decreased type 2 pneumocyte number; decreased type II alveolar epithelial cell number; decreased type II alveolocyte number; decreased type II cell number; decreased type II pneumocytes; decreased type II pneumonocyte number; reduced AT2 number; reduced ATII number; reduced Cuboidal type II cell number; reduced Great alveolar cell number; reduced Lung type 2 cell number; reduced TII number; reduced granular pneumocyte number; reduced type 2 alveolar epithelial cell number; reduced type 2 alveolocyte number; reduced type 2 pneumocyte number; reduced type II alveolar epithelial cell number; reduced type II alveolocyte number; reduced type II cell number; reduced type II pneumocytes; reduced type II pneumonocyte number
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decreased Lung type II cell number; reduced Lung type II cell number