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With a two-color fluorescent in situ hybridization, most cells that expressed the ATPase 6 gene were also found to express the SP-B gene, indicating that type II pneumocytes and Clara cells are the cell types responsible for the over-expression of the ATPase 6 gene in P. carinii infection.
They produce alveolar surfactant and replicate and differentiate into type I pneumocytes after lung injury [ 11].
Cells in the apical areas of the alveoli are usually type II pneumocytes, and the non-ciliated cuboidal epithelial cells in the very distal parts of the respiratory tree are usually Clara cells [ 16].
Although it is not certain whether P. carinii organisms attach to type II pneumocytes, type II pneumocytes do respond to P. carinii infections.
We also found that type II pneumocytes and Clara cells are responsible for over-expression of the ATPase 6 gene in P. carinii -infected rat lung.