Article
Proliferation of rat alveolar epithelial cells in low density primary culture.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 1 Jul 1993
Leslie C C, McCormick-Shannon K, Mason R J, Shannon J M
Abstract excerpt
Alveolar type II cells proliferate to restore the alveolar epithelium after lung injury and differentiate into type I epithelial cells. A variety of factors promote rat type II cell DNA synthesis in vitro; however, only low levels of proliferation occur when type II cells are cultured at high den...
Topics
- Animals
- Blotting, Northern
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Division
- Cell Line
- Cells, Cultured
- Culture Media
- Epithelial Cells
- Growth Substances
- Immunohistochemistry
- Mice
- Phenotype
- Pulmonary Alveoli
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Surface-Active Agents
- Transcription, Genetic
