Phenotypic Analysis of BrdU Label-Retaining Cells during the Maturation of Conducting Airway Epithelium in a Porcine Lung

Figure 8

The percentage of BrdU-labeled mucin 5AC epithelial cells in conducting airway during porcine lung maturation. The percentage of BrdU-labeled mucin 5AC-positive cells in the lung over 90 days was accessed by IHC colocalization assay with antibodies to BrdU and mucin 5AC. (a) The percentage of BrdU/mucin 5AC double positive cells in total cells of SAE in indicated regions of conducting airway over postnatal days 1, 30, 60, and 90. (b). (a) The percentage of BrdU/mucin 5AC double positive cells in total cells of SMGs beneath the SAE in indicated regions of conducting airway over postnatal days 1, 30, 60, and 90. BI, bronchiole; Br, bronchus; DT, distal trachea; MT, middle trachea; PT, proximal trachea.

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