(A) Diagram: strategy for labeling, isolation and scRNA-Seq analysis of BCs from Trp63CreERT2; Rosa26lox-STOP-lox-tdTomato adult tracheas. (B) Immunofluorescence (IF) of tracheal sections showing …
(A) Gating strategy to sort basal cells (BCs) from Trp63CreERT2; Rosa26lox-STOP-lox-tdTomato adult tracheas for single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-Seq). (B) IF of cytospin of sorted tdTom airway BCs …
(A) Violin plots of single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-Seq) clusters for general epithelial marker Epcam, respiratory epithelial lineage Nkx2-1 marker, canonical BC markers Trp63, Krt5, Krt15, …
(A) Top 50 genes significantly enriched in BC-1 and BC-2 showing marked differences in expression between these two clusters. (B) Transcription factors differentially enriched in BC-1 or BC-2 …
(A) Volcano plot showing differentially expressed in the Basal-squamous cluster vs the other BCs (squamous-associated marker genes depicted in red dots). (B) Enriched KEGG gene sets significantly …
(A) Schematic representation of the differential distribution of BC-1 and BC-2 markers in basal cells along the dorsal-ventral axis of the adult trachea (diagram: sm, smooth muscle; ct, cartilage). …
Serial cross-sections of adult mouse trachea immunostained for BC-1 and BC-2 markers, KRT5 and a-SMA (identifies smooth muscle layer in dorsal trachea). Differential enrichment of BC-1 and BC-2 …
Representative tile scan pictures of adult mouse tracheal sections immunostained for KRT5, TRP63 and representative markers of Basal-proliferating (A), Basal-squamous (B), Basal-mesenchyme-like (C), …
(A) Strategy for isolation, expansion and analysis of BC-1 and BC-2 in submerged cultures. IF at day 7 showing preserved differential enrichment of BC-1 and BC-2 markers in cultures derived from …
(A) IF of Vimentin (VIM), E-Cadherin (CDH1), and KRT5 in day 14 BC-1 (ventral) or BC-2 (dorsal)-derived organoids showing extensive CDH1 epithelial labeling and no evidence of VIM + cells in these …
Expansion and differentiation of BC-1 and BC-2 populations isolated from ventral or dorsal trachea, respectively, cultured in air-liquid-interface (ALI) in control or RAR antagonist (BMS493) …
(A–C) X-gal staining of adult trachea (tr), thyroid (thy) and esophagus (eso) from RARE-LacZ reporter mice showing strong LacZ expression in the tracheal and thyroid cells (positive control) but not …
(A) Diagram: strategy for induction of airway injury by Naphthalene (Nap, intraperitoneal) or Polidocanol (Poli, intratracheal) and analysis at 5dpi post-Nap or 7dpi post-Poli. (B–C) IF of tracheal …
IF of representative areas showing ventral and dorsal distribution of markers of secretory (SCGB3A2), multiciliated (FOXJ1), BC (TRP63, KRT5), proliferation (KI67) and metaplastic (KRT13) cells. …
Immunofluorescence of KRT5, a-SMA, BC-1 (TGM2, ISL1) and BC-2 (KRT17, CAV1, and CD44) markers in ventral and dorsal tracheal epithelium of 5dpi-Naphthalene or 7dpi-Polidocanol. Small panels are …
(A–B) IF of KRT5 and CC10 in ventral and dorsal tracheal epithelium of 15dpi-Naphthalene or 15dpi-Polidocanol. (C–D) Morphometric analysis of KRT13 + cells in the ventral or dorsal adult tracheal …
(A–B) IF of BC-1 and BC-2 markers co-labeled with KRT5 in tracheal sections from E18.5 WT and Foxg1Cre; Sox9fl/fl littermates. BC-1 and BC-2 markers maintain the ventral-dorsal differential …