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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-57392 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Development (Cambridge, England) 20150319 8
Epigenetic mechanisms involved in the establishment of lung epithelial cell lineage identities during development are largely unknown. Here, we explored the role of the histone methyltransferase Ezh2 during lung lineage determination. Loss of Ezh2 in the lung epithelium leads to defective lung formation and perinatal mortality. We show that Ezh2 is crucial for airway lineage specification and alveolarization. Using optical projection tomography imaging, we found that branching morphogenesis is a ...[more]