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ReviewDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2017

Plasticity in the lung: making and breaking cell identity.

Purushothama Rao Tata, Jayaraj Rajagopal

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Review in Development (Cambridge, England), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 117 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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117citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

117 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Research progress on blood therapy for anti-aging.Journal of advanced research · 2026
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  7. Cellular plasticity and regenerative mechanisms in the lung.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  18. Novel Porcine Model Reveals Two Distinct LGR5 Cell Types during Lung Development and Homeostasis.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2025
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57 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Purushothama Rao TataCenter for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4837-0337
Jayaraj RajagopalCenter for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA jrajagopal@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3190-8647

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In contrast to a prior emphasis on the finality of cell fate decisions in developmental systems, cellular plasticity is now emerging as a general theme in the biology of multiple adult organ systems. In the lung, lineage tracing has been used to identify distinct epithelial stem and progenitor cell populations. These cells, together with their differentiated progeny, maintain a stable identity during steady state conditions, but can display remarkable lineage plasticity following injury. This Review summarizes our current understanding of the different cell lineages of the adult mammalian lung and their responses to injury. In the lung, which is constantly exposed to infection and aerosolized toxins, epithelial plasticity might be more of a rule than an exception, and it is likely that different injuries elicit different facultative responses.

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Cell LineageAnimalsCell DifferentiationEpithelial CellsHomeostasisHumansImmune SystemLungLung DiseasesMiceRegenerationStem CellsCellular heterogeneityCellular plasticityLineage tracingLung injury repairLung regenerationLung stem cells

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PMID28246210
PMCPMC5374348

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