Maturation for regeneration.

Cardoso, Wellington V · Cell Stem Cell · 2021

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

Alveolar type 2 cells are recognized as epithelial progenitors of the lung gas-exchange region. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Penkala et al. (2021) provide evidence that this is not so during neonatal life, and that alveolar type I cell reprograming is a key event during regeneration post-hyperoxia injury.

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