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Analysis of Pulmonary Dendritic Cell Maturation and Migration during Allergic Airway Inflammation
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2012
We describe a strategy to monitor maturation and migration of pulmonary dendritic cells in response to ovalbumin in the setting of ovalbumin induced allergic airway inflammation. This strategy can be modified to assess migration of pulmonary dendritic cells in settings of infection.
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Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) Placement in a Neonatal Patient Simulator Using a Non-Inflatable Supraglottic Airway (SGA)
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2023
This protocol is designed to describe a method to place and establish a supraglottic (alternative) airway during neonatal resuscitation. It can be used in situations where frontline providers cannot ventilate or endotracheally intubate neonates requiring resuscitation.
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Isolation of Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells from Neonatal Mice
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2013
We have developed a novel and reproducible technique to isolate primary cultures of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMC) from mice as young as P7, thereby allowing better study of the signaling pathways involved in neonatal smooth muscle cell contraction and relaxation.
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Co-culture Models of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms Grown on Live Human Airway Cells
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2010
This paper describes different methods of growing Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms on cultured human airway epithelial cells. These protocols can be adapted to study different aspects of biofilm formation, including visualization of the biofilm, staining of the biofilm, measuring the colony forming units (CFU) of the biofilm, and studying biofilm cytotoxicity.
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Noninvasive Sampling of Mucosal Lining Fluid for the Quantification of In Vivo Upper Airway Immune-mediator Levels
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2017
This protocol describes a noninvasive technique for the sampling of undisturbed mucosal lining fluid from the upper airways. It can be used to perform the quantification of in vivo levels of protein mediators, such as cytokines and chemokines, in subjects of all ages.
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These processes progressively organize the airway lining after birth. Proliferation expands the developing cell population, differentiation establishes specialized epithelial identities, and maturation refines their functional properties. Together, they support the emergence of coordinated barrier protection, mucus production, mucociliary clearance, and responses to environmental signals, making their balance central to understanding early respiratory development.
Ciliated, secretory, and basal cells contribute distinct but connected functions within the airway epithelium. Ciliated cells participate in mucociliary clearance, secretory cells support mucus production, and basal cells contribute to the epithelial cell population. Studying how these identities arise and coordinate helps explain how neonatal airways acquire protective and functional organization.
Environmental signals can influence how neonatal airway cells proliferate, differentiate, mature, and respond after birth. This makes the developing airway a useful system for examining how external conditions affect tissue organization and function. Such responses are especially relevant when investigating why immature airway tissues may show altered behavior during infection, injury, or other respiratory challenges.
Neonatal airway cell cultures provide experimental models for examining airway formation and postnatal maturation in a controlled setting. Researchers can study changes in epithelial cell properties, the development of specialized cell types, and responses to environmental signals. These models also help connect cellular behavior with tissue-level questions about barrier function, mucociliary clearance, injury, and repair.
Comparing cultured cells and related models with developing airway tissue helps researchers connect individual cellular behaviors to broader processes of respiratory development. The comparison can clarify how proliferation, differentiation, and maturation contribute to epithelial organization and early lung function. It also supports interpretation of model-based findings relevant to congenital respiratory disorders and pediatric disease mechanisms.
These cells support research into congenital respiratory disorders, pediatric disease mechanisms, tissue repair, and regenerative medicine. Their developmental state allows investigators to examine how airway tissues form, mature, and respond to injury or infection after birth. Findings can therefore link basic developmental biology with efforts to understand abnormal respiratory development and explore strategies for restoring airway tissue.