Immunofluorescent images of lungs treated with radiation (left) or no radiation (right). Club cells secrete more anti-immunosuppressive factors when treated with radiation, as seen by the increase in the secretory marker CC10 (yellow). (IMAGE)

Weill Cornell Medicine

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