Tweaking Gene Expression to Repair Lungs (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Tweaking Gene Expression to Repair Lungs

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This graphic shows the expression of the important transcription factor Sox2 (green staining and outlined with dashed line) in the airway epithelium of control mouse lung airways (A). Loss of Hdac1/2 expression leads to loss of Sox2 expression in Hdac1/2 double knockout animals (B).

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Ed Morrisey, Ph.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

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