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CELL REPORTS
Volume 35, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109011
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- NIH [F31HL126443, R01HL148351, R35HL135834, PO1HD036379, R01HL132991]
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The study identified three distinct types of PNECs in human and mouse airways, showing significant differences in NP expression, homeostatic turnover, and response to injury and disease. These differences likely parallel their distinct cell of origin from basal stem cells or other airway epithelial progenitors.
Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells (PNECs) have crucial roles in airway physiology and immunity by producing bioactive amines and neuropeptides (NPs). A variety of human diseases exhibit PNEC hyperplasia. Given accumulated evidence that PNECs represent a heterogenous population of cells, we investigate how PNECs differ, whether the heterogeneity is similarly present in mouse and human cells, and whether specific disease involves discrete PNECs. Herein, we identify three distinct types of PNECs in human and mouse airways based on single and double positivity for TUBB3 and the established NP markers. We show that the three PNEC types exhibit significant differences in NP expression, homeostatic turnover, and response to injury and disease. We provide evidence that these differences parallel their distinct cell of origin from basal stem cells (BSCs) or other airway epithelial progenitors.
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