NIH R01 · 2025
Autonomic innervation regulates alveolar formation in development
Project Summary/Abstract This proposal discovers a novel role of the autonomic nervous system in controlling alveolar formation during lung development. This finding has opened up a new area of investigation that will increase our mechanistic understanding of how alveoli are generated. Knowledge from the proposed study has important implications for treating human lung diseases caused by alveolar immaturity or loss. In this proposal, we will test a model in which autonomic innervation and activity control alveolar formation. In this process, planar cell polarity (PCP) signaling regulates neurotransmitter trafficking and release. Neurotransmitters secreted by autonomic nerves control…
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