Lewin G, Hurtt ME. Pre- and Postnatal Lung Development: An Updated Species Comparison.
Birth Defects Res 2017;
109:1519-1539. [PMID:
28876535 DOI:
10.1002/bdr2.1089]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
The purpose of this review is to give an outline of respiratory tract morphological and functional development with an emphasis on perinatal and postnatal maturational processes. In view of the rising need for qualitative and quantitative data for the development of pediatric pharmaceuticals, a comparison of the human situation to experimental animal models is made, and functional data as well as suitable models for human airway diseases and functional testing are presented. Birth Defects Research 109:1519-1539, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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