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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) administered as a single intratracheal injection causes a prominent dose-dependent proliferation of type II alveolar epithelial cells in the lungs of adult rats. The increase in mitotically active alveolar cells histologically appears as a micropapillary epithelial cell hyperplasia after 2 d and peaks after 3 d in the form of monolayers of cuboidal epithelial cells lining alveolar septae. Proliferating cell nuclear antigen immunohistochemistry confirmed the profound proliferative response induced by KGF. The hyperplastic alveolar lining cells contain immunoreactive surfactant protein B and are ultrastructurally noted to contain lamellar inclusions characteristic of surfactant-producing type II pneumocytes. Mild focal bronchiolar epithelial hyperplasia is noted but is much less striking than the proliferation of type II pneumocytes. Large airways are unaffected by KGF. Daily intravenous injection of KGF is also able to cause pneumocyte proliferation. The normal adult rat lung constitutively expresses both KGF and KGF receptor mRNA, suggesting that endogenous KGF may be implicated in the paracrine regulation of the growth of pneumocytes. In conclusion, KGF rapidly and specifically induces proliferation and differentiation of type II pneumocytes in the normal adult lung.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0021-9738
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
93
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1298-306
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8132770-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8132770-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:8132770-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:8132770-Fibroblast Growth Factor 10, pubmed-meshheading:8132770-Fibroblast Growth Factor 7, pubmed-meshheading:8132770-Fibroblast Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8132770-Growth Substances, pubmed-meshheading:8132770-Hyperplasia, pubmed-meshheading:8132770-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:8132770-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8132770-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8132770-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:8132770-Rats, Inbred Lew, pubmed-meshheading:8132770-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:8132770-Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2, pubmed-meshheading:8132770-Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:8132770-Receptors, Growth Factor
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Keratinocyte growth factor is a growth factor for type II pneumocytes in vivo.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine 92013.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article