Clonal isolation of differentiated rat lung cells

Summary A number of diploid clones have been isolated from an enzymatic dispersion of normal rat lung. Four of these clones are epithelial in morphology, the remainder fibroblastic. On the basis of electron microscopic observations, two of the epithelial clones appear to have originated from type II alveolar pneumonocytes. Supported by funds from the W. Alton Jones Foundation and the American Lung Association.