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Apical Secretion of FSTL1 in the Respiratory Epithelium for Normal Lung Development.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Li Xiaohe, Fang Yinshan, Li Xue, Liang Jiurong, Jiang Dianhua, Geng Yan, Ning Wen
Abstract excerpt
Follistatin-like 1 (FSTL1) is a secreted bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) antagonist, and it plays a crucial role in normal lung development. Deletion of Fstl1 leads to postnatal death in mice due to respiratory failure. To further explore the role of FSTL1 in mouse lung development, we created a transgene SFTPC-Fstl1 allele mouse displaying significant epithelial overexpression of Fstl1 in all stages of lung...
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