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SUBMITTER: McClendon J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5530913 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McClendon Jazalle J Jansing Nicole L NL Redente Elizabeth F EF Gandjeva Aneta A Ito Yoko Y Colgan Sean P SP Ahmad Aftab A Riches David W H DWH Chapman Harold A HA Mason Robert J RJ Tuder Rubin M RM Zemans Rachel L RL
The American journal of pathology 20170612 8
During the acute respiratory distress syndrome, epithelial cells, primarily alveolar type (AT) I cells, die and slough off, resulting in enhanced permeability. ATII cells proliferate and spread onto the denuded basement membrane to reseal the barrier. Repair of the alveolar epithelium is critical for clinical recovery; however, mechanisms underlying ATII cell proliferation and spreading are not well understood. We hypothesized that hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)1α promotes proliferation and spre ...[more]