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Table 3 Plasticity of differentiated cells

From: Regeneration of the lung: Lung stem cells and the development of lung mimicking devices

Cell type

Marker genes

Differentiation potential

Signaling Cues

Club cells

Scgb1a1+, Cyp2f2+

Basal

Hippo pathway [44]

  

Ciliated

Unknown

  

Goblet

IL-13 exposure [169]

AT-I

Hopx

AT-II

Modulated by TGF-β signaling [49]

   

Proximal cell fate by overexpressing Sox2 [51]

AT-II cells

Sftpc+, LysM

Proximal cells

Ectopic Sox2 expression [50]

Ciliated cells

TubIVa, Foxj1

Goblet

IL-13 exposure [47]

  1. AT-I/AT-II Alveolar type-I/II Cell