What is it about?
The was the first article to describe the processes of cell cutting (peremerecytosis and secarecytosis) during attenuation of the developing lung epithelium.
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Why is it important?
The article set the pace in the study of the blood-gas barrier formation.
Perspectives
Future research should focus on unraveling the mechanism involved in blood-gas barrier formation. Writing this article was a great pleasure as it has co-authors with whom I have had long standing collaborations.
Professor Andrew N Makanya
University of Nairobi
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This page is a summary of: Epithelial transformations in the establishment of the blood–gas barrier in the developing chick embryo lung, Developmental Dynamics, January 2005, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20627.
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