Hmga2 is required for canonical WNT signaling during lung development.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The high-mobility-group (HMG) proteins are the most abundant non-histone chromatin-associated proteins. HMG proteins are present at high levels in various undifferentiated tissues during embryonic development and their levels are strongly reduced in the corresponding adult tissues, where they have been implicated in maintaining and activating stem/progenitor cells. Here we deciphered the role of the high-mobility-group AT-hook protein 2 (HMGA2) during lung development by analyzing the lung of Hmga2-deficient mice (Hmga2(-/-)).

Results

We found that Hmga2 is expressed in the mouse embryonic lung at the distal airways. Analysis of Hmga2(-/-) mice showed that Hmga2 is required for proper cell proliferation and distal epithelium differentiation during embryonic lung d

SUBMITTER: Singh I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4064517 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature