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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-11
pubmed:abstractText
We examined whether lung growth after pneumonectomy (PNX) invokes normal signaling pathways of postnatal development. We qualitatively and quantitatively assessed the immunoexpression of epidermal growth factor (EGF), its receptor (EGFR), surfactant proteins (SP) [SP-A and -D and surfactant proproteins (proSP)-B and -C] and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in immature and mature dog lung. We also assayed these proteins in lungs of immature dogs 3 wk or 10 mo after they underwent right PNX compared with simultaneous matched sham controls. During maturation, alveolar cell proliferation is regionally regulated in parallel with EGF and EGFR levels and inversely correlated with SP-A and proSP-C levels. In contrast, post-PNX lung growth is not associated with EGF or EGFR upregulation but with markedly increased SP-A level and moderately increased SP-D level; proSP-B and proSP-C levels did not change. We conclude that 1) signaling of EGF axis and differential regulation of SPs persist during postnatal lung development, 2) post-PNX lung growth is not a simple recapitulation of maturational responses, and 3) SP-A and SP-D may modulate post-PNX lung growth.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1040-0605
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
283
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
L981-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of epidermal growth factor and surfactant proteins during postnatal and compensatory lung growth.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9034, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.