Fusion of airways during avian lung development constitutes a novel mechanism for the formation of continuous lumena in multicellular epithelia.
Michael A PalmerCeleste M NelsonPublished in: Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists (2020)
The process of airway epithelial fusion in the developing chicken lung constitutes a novel mechanism for the generation of complex multicellular tubes and suggests a conserved role for smooth muscle in the shaping of airway epithelia.