Mouse Embryonic Lung Culture, A System to Evaluate the Molecular Mechanisms of BranchingGianni Carraro 1, Pierre-Marie del Moral 1, David Warburton 1
1Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Early embryonic lung organ culture is a very useful system to study epithelial-mesenchymal interactions. Both epithelial and mesenchymal morphogenesis proceeds under specific conditions that can be readily manipulated in this system.