respiratory system
• 2 weeks after 5-hydroxytamoxifen treatment, lungs show increased cellularity
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• lungs show multicellular septa and reduction of the alveolar lumen as early as 2 weeks after 5-hydroxytamoxifen treatment, and is marked after 8 weeks, extending to 60% of the lungs
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• after 5-hydroxytamoxifen treatment, there is an increase in alveolar type II cells compared to controls
• when cultured, isolated progenitor and stem cells (SP-C+, CC-10+ cells) when put under differentiation conditions do not have the capacity to form single positive cells; overexpression of C/EBP alpha in these cells restores the capacity to form SP-C+ cells
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cellular
• 8 weeks after 5-hydroxytamoxifen treatment, lungs display hyperproliferation (~5-fold increased proliferation) compared to wild-type or heterozygous lungs
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