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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 293: L1092-L1098, 2007. First published August 10, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00015.2007
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Paving the road for lung stem cell biology: bronchioalveolar stem cells and other putative distal lung stem cells

Carla F. Kim

Children's Hospital Boston Stem Cell Program; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School; and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

New discoveries in stem cell biology are making the biology of solid tissues increasingly complex. Important seminal studies demonstrating the presence of damage-resistant cell populations together with new isolation and characterization techniques suggest that stem cells exist in the adult lung. More detailed in vivo molecular and cellular characterization of bronchioalveolar stem cells (BASCs), other putative lung stem and progenitor cells, and differentiated cells is needed to determine the lineage relationships in adult lung. Lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, as well as the most common form of lung cancer in the United States, all involve apparent bronchiolar and alveolar cell defects. It is likely that the delicate balance of stem, progenitor, and differentiated cell functions in the lung is critically affected in patients with these devastating diseases. Thus the discovery of BASCs and other putative lung stem cells will lay the foundation for new inroads to understanding lung biology related to lung disease.

progenitor cells; bronchiolar; alveolar


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: C. Kim, Children's Hospital Boston, Karp Bldg. Rm. 8-216, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115 (e-mail: carla.kim{at}childrens.harvard.edu)




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