pulmonary alveolar epithelial cell fetal pre-type II pulmonary alveolar epithelial cell 2023-06-02T09:19:31Z fetal pre-type 2 pneumocyte fetal pre-type II pneumocyte According to PMID:1316350 this cell type does not yet produce surfactant. According to PMID:9109447 and PMID:12114192 this cell type produces low levels of surfactant that can be increased by administration of very low-density lipoproteins. This cell type is of medical relevance, as a central feature of the fetal respiratory distress syndrome seems to be the presence in the lung of abundant pre-type II alveolar epithelial cells (PMID:1316350). fetal alveolar pre-type II epithelial cell Precursor of type II pneumocyte. These cells do not have lamellar bodies, which are a marker of type II pneumocyte maturity. fetal pre-type II alveolar epithelial cell