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Genetic Control of Lung Development
1 Jan 2003
Abstract excerpt
Lung organogenesis is a developmental process that starts in human 4-5 weeks after conception and continues during the first years of life. It can be subdivided in six different stages: embryonic, pseudoglandular, canalicular, saccular and alveolar stage and stage of vascular maturation. In each of these periods, multiple molecules like transcription factors, growth factors and other signaling molecules and their...
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