Plasticity in the lung: Making and breaking cell identity

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 755-766

  Rao Tata, Purushothama ^a,b,c,e   Rajagopal, Jayaraj ^a,b,c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular heterogeneity; Cellular plasticity; Lineage tracing; Lung injury repair; Lung regeneration; Lung stem cells

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY CELL; BASAL CELL; BRONCHIOALVEOLAR DUCT JUNCTION CELL; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PLASTICITY; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CILIATED EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 1; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG EPITHELIUM; MAMMAL CELL; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECRETORY CELL; SUBMUCOSA; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MICE; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 85015279062     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.143784     Document Type: Review

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