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ReviewProceedings of the American Thoracic Society2008

Lung epithelial progenitor cells: lessons from development.

Emma L Rawlins

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Review in Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
52citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Single-Cell Multiome Impact of Prenatal Heavy Metal Exposure on Early Airway Development.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2026
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  3. Engineered hydrogel biomaterials facilitate lung progenitor cell differentiation from induced pluripotent stem cells.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2025
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  4. Sex and gender differences during the lung lifespan: unveiling a pivotal impact.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025
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  15. Circulating SSEA-1Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emma L RawlinsDepartment of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. e.rawlins@cellbio.duke.edu
Duke University · US

Funding

PHS HHS NIH-3036424
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current enthusiasm for stem cell research stems from the hope that damaged or diseased tissues may one day be repaired through the manipulation of endogenous or exogenous stem cells. The postnatal human respiratory system is highly accessible and provides unique opportunities for the application of such techniques. Several putative adult lung epithelial stem cells have been identified in the mouse model system. However, their in vivo capabilities to contribute to different lineages, and their control mechanisms, remain unclear. If stem cell-based therapies are to be successful in the lung, it is vitally important that we understand the normal behavior of adult lung stem cells, and how this is regulated. Lung embryonic progenitor cells are much better defined and characterized than their adult counterparts. Moreover, experiments on a variety of developing tissues are beginning to uncover general mechanisms by which embryonic progenitors influence final organ size and structure. This provides a framework for the study of lung embryonic progenitor cells, facilitating experimental design and interpretation. A similar approach to investigating adult lung stem cells could produce rapid advances in the field.

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Adult Stem CellsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationEpithelial CellsHumansLungMiceRespiratory Mucosa

Identifiers

PMID18684716
PMCPMC2645259
OpenAlexW1990110654

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