Figure 2From: Conditional deletion of epithelial IKKβ impairs alveolar formation through apoptosis and decreased VEGF expression during early mouse lung morphogenesisGlobal deletion of IKKα decreases alveolar type II cell precursors. (A, B) Immunohistochemistry for Nkx2.1 with quantification of Nkx2.1-positive cells in (C) at E18. (D) Immunohistochemistry representing proliferation marker ki67 (top panels) with TUNEL stain representing cell apoptosis (bottom panels). [20 × magnification in A-B; 4 × magnification in D; Data are expressed as Mean ± SEM, *p < 0.05 in C].Back to article page