Originally Posted by Roxanita

A 40-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after being exposed to ozone and nitrogen dioxide at a factory. He dies shortly thereafter. At autopsy, examination of tissue taken from a lung biopsy suggests damage to his alveolar epithelium. If he had survived, this layer would have likely been regenerated within several weeks by which of the following cells?

A) Clara cells

B) Endothelial cells

C) Reticular cells

D) Type I pneumocytes

E) Type II pneumocytes