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

Table 1

Composition of epithelial cell types in different segments of large conducting airway of an adult pig lung (%).

Segment/marker	Keratin 14	Tubulin IV	Mucin 5AC	CCSP
Trachea	37.3 ± 1.9	38.3 ± 3.4	19.8 ± 6.6	17.1 ± 3.9
Bronchus	32.1 ± 1.3	32.9 ± 2.2	14.3 ± 3.3	17.0 ± 4.2
Bronchiole	28.5 ± 1.3	25.4 ± 3.8	9.8 ± 1.3^✝	19.7 ± 7.3

^✝Compared to the trachea and bronchus, .