• Alveolar type II epithelial cells
• Pulmonary surfactant
• Epithelia growth factors
• Animal models of pulmonary fibrosis
• Pulmonary fibrosis

• Immunocytochemistry
• in situ hybridization
• Gene expression
• Gene transfer
• Differentiation of epithelial cells in primary culture

• Mason RJ, Kalina M, Nielsen LD, Malkinson AM, and Shannon JM. Surfactant protein C expression in urethane-induced murine pulmonary tumors. Am J Pathol 156 (1): 175-82, 2000.

• Yano T, Mason RJ, Pan T, Deterding RR, Nielsen LD, and Shannon JM. KGF regulates pulmonary epithelial proliferation and surfactant protein gene expression in the adult rat lung. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 279:L1146-L1158. 2000.

• Morikawa O, Walker TA, Nielsen LD, Pan T, Cook JL, and Mason RJ. Effect of adenovector-mediated gene transfer of keratinocyte growth factor on the proliferation of alveolar type II cells in vitro and in vivo. Am J. Respir Cell Mol Biol 23:626-635, 2000.

• Allen MJ, Voelker DR, and Mason RJ. Interactions of Surfactant Proteins A and D with Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Aspergillus fumigatus. Infect Immun 69(4):2037-2044. 2001.

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