Expression data from rat lung alveolar development

Lung alveolarization is a complex process that involves interactions between several cell types and leads to considerable increase in gas-exchange surface area. The step designated secondary septation includes elastogenesis from interstitial fibroblasts.

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Boucherat O, Franco-Montoya ML, Thibault C, Incitti R, Chailley-Heu B, Delacourt C, Bourbon JR