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SUBMITTER: Yi L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2853052 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yi Lan L Domyan Eric T ET Lewandoski Mark M Sun Xin X
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 20090101 1
In mammalian lungs, airway smooth muscle cells (airway SMCs) are present in the proximal lung adjacent to bronchi and bronchioles, but are absent in the distal lung adjacent to terminal sacs that expand during gas exchange. Evidence suggests that this distribution is essential for the formation of a functional respiratory tree, but the underlying genetic mechanism has not been elucidated. In this study, we test the hypothesis that fibroblast growth factor 9 (Fgf9) signaling is essential to restr ...[more]