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lung connective tissue

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000114

The connective tissue located between the respiratory (airway and alveolar) epithelium, the capillary endothelium and pleural mesothelium; it contains basement membrane composed of collagen, elastin, proteoglycans, and fibronectin. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-683-40008-8&isbn=1/ MP:0002276 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14635660 ]

Synonyms: pulmonary interstitium, connective tissue of lung

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000009

it functions in the mechanical behavior of the lung, and forms a barrier to regulate the flow of plasma constituents from the capillaries to the airway and alveolar spaces

has related synonym

lung interstitium, pulmonary connective tissue, lung interstitial tissue, pulmonary interstitial tissue

id

UBERON:0000114

prefLabel

Pulmonary interstitium

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606