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ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2024

Identification of a myofibroblast differentiation program during neonatal lung development.

Yongjun Yin, Jeffrey R Koenitzer, Debabrata Patra, Sabine Dietmann, Peter Bayguinov, Andrew S Hagan, David M Ornitz

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mapping Embryonic Mouse Lung Development Using Enhanced Spatial Transcriptomics.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  7. Stromal heterogeneity in the adult lung delineated by single-cell genomics.American journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yongjun YinDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1240-2640
Jeffrey R KoenitzerDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4556-8455
Debabrata PatraDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8606-1573
Sabine DietmannDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1968-9309
Peter BayguinovDepartment of Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5365-7490
Andrew S HaganDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2265-3355
David M OrnitzDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1592-7629
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Washington University Center for Cellular ImagingP30CA091842 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TIMOTHY J. EBERLEIN · 2001 to 2026
$128.0M
FGF18 regulation of postnatal lung developmentR01HL154747 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ORNITZ, DAVID M · 2020 to 2023
$2.5M
Microfibril-associated glycoproteins attenuating pulmonary fibrosisK08HL159418 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Jeffrey Koenitzer · 2022 to 2026
$857k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA091842NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL159418NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL154747NIH HHS HL154747NIH HHS R01 HL154747
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alveologenesis is the final stage of lung development in which the internal surface area of the lung is increased to facilitate efficient gas exchange in the mature organism. The first phase of alveologenesis involves the formation of septal ridges (secondary septae) and the second phase involves thinning of the alveolar septa. Within secondary septa, mesenchymal cells include a transient population of alveolar myofibroblasts (MyoFBs) and a stable but poorly described population of lipid-rich cells that have been referred to as lipofibroblasts or matrix fibroblasts (MatFBs). Using a unique Fgf18CreER lineage trace mouse line, cell sorting, single-cell RNA sequencing and primary cell culture, we have identified multiple subtypes of mesenchymal cells in the neonatal lung, including an immature progenitor cell that gives rise to mature MyoFB. We also show that the endogenous and targeted ROSA26 locus serves as a sensitive reporter for MyoFB maturation. These studies identify a MyoFB differentiation program that is distinct from other mesenchymal cell types and increases the known repertoire of mesenchymal cell types in the neonatal lung.

Indexed as

Animals, NewbornCell DifferentiationLungMyofibroblastsAnimalsCell LineageMesenchymal Stem CellsMiceOrganogenesisAdventitial fibroblastAlveologenesisLipofibroblastMatrix fibroblastMyofibroblastSecondary septaSingle-cell genomic analysis

Identifiers

PMID38602479
PMCPMC11165721
OpenAlexW4394715654

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