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From: Type IV collagen drives alveolar epithelial–endothelial association and the morphogenetic movements of septation

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Lung development timeline and type IV collagen expression in the chicken and the mouse. a Mouse and chicken lung development comparative timeline. b Microarray analysis shows that vascular related genes, among which are Col4a1 and Col4a2, show the highest significance in late chick lung development. c Real-time PCR shows differential expression of Col4a1 (blue) and Col4a2 (green) between E16 and E18 in chick lungs. Col4a1 and Col4a2 expression increases at E16 and E18, and is statistically significant (Wilcoxon rank-sum test P < 0.05) when compared to E14. Chicken G6PDH was used as a normalizer. di Type IV collagen protein and mRNA expression in the lung. dg COL4A1 protein is found throughout the lung interstitium and epithelium (arrows) in the prenatal (E18.5) and postnatal (P6, P30) lungs but mainly in the interstitium at E16.5. At P6 and P30 murine COL4A1 protein is found at the tips of secondary septa (arrowhead in FGF). h–k Col4a1 mRNA is almost undetectable by in situ hybridization at E16.5 (h) and is later found in a patchy distribution throughout the interstitium (arrows in ik) with high expression at the tips of primary and secondary septa (arrowheads). Scale bar = 100 μm and applies to di

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