Increase of Bone Morphogenic Protein-7 expressing pulmonary resident cells in the Remnant Lung after Major Pulmonary Resection : Implication as a Machinery of Compensatory Lung Growth

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19790974
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Thoracic surgery
Research Institution	Kyushu University
Principal Investigator	SHOJI Fumihiro Kyushu University, 大学病院, 助教 (90444851)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,870,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Keywords	呼吸器外科学 / 肺癌術後 / 肺再生 / 間葉・上皮転換 / BMP7
Research Abstract	Bone marrow-derived cells may not contribute to the Compensatory lung growth (CLG) after major lung resection, but lung resident cells are implicated to contribute the GLC through trans-differentiation pathway.

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