Research Article

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

Table 3

Mean percentage of lineage-labeled Mucin 5AC-positive in different regions of porcine conducting airway over a time period of 90 days (%).

TimeProximal tracheaMiddle tracheaDistal tracheaBronchusBronchiole

0 day1.80 ± 0.483.42 ± 0.441.06 ± 0.160.63 ± 0.031.55 ± 0.15
30 days2.27 ± 0.441.20 ± 0.180.61 ± 0.051.32 ± 0.250.61 ± 0.08
60 days1.04 ± 0.160.00 ± 0.000.00 ± 0.000.00 ± 0.000.00 ± 0.00
90 days0.00 ± 0.000.00 ± 0.000.03 ± 0.020.00 ± 0.000.00 ± 0.00