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Stretch-induced alternative splicing of serum response factor promotes bronchial myogenesis and is defective in lung hypoplasia
1 Dec 2000
Abstract excerpt
Smooth muscle (SM) develops only in organs and sites that sustain mechanical tensions. Therefore, we determined the role of stretch in mouse and human bronchial myogenesis. Sustained stretch induced expression of SM proteins in undifferentiated mesenchymal cells and accelerated the differentiation of cells undergoing myogenesis. Moreover, bronchial myogenesis was entirely controlled in lung organ cultures by the...
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