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The Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 5:767-771 (2008)
© 2008 The American Thoracic Society
doi: 10.1513/pats.200803-026HR
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Resident Cellular Components of the Lung

Developmental Aspects

Wellington V. Cardoso1 and Jeffrey A. Whitsett2

1 Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; and 2 Section of Neonatology, Perinatal and Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

Correspondence and requests for reprints should be addressed to Wellington V. Cardoso, M.D., Ph.D., Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, R-304, Boston, MA, 02118. E-mail: wcardoso{at}bu.edu

ABSTRACT

In a recent workshop organized by the NIH-NHLBI, investigators working on different aspects of lung biology met to discuss recent progress regarding the origin, development, and characterization of the various cell lineages present in the lung in both normal and disease states. The workshop was entitled "Resident Cellular Components of the Human Lung: Current Knowledge and Goals for Research on Cell Phenotyping and Function." In this article we will highlight some of the developmental aspects of the lung discussed at the meeting. We will review information about developmental signals that are possibly reactivated during lung regeneration/repair and disease processes, and we will pose the questions and challenges viewed to be relevant to further advance the field.

Key Words: organogenesis • respiratory progenitors • branching morphogenesis • foregut • lung development




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