Thrombospondin-1 Airway Expression and Thrombospondin-1 Gene Variants Are Associated with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants: A Pilot Study

Background: Thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) is an extracellular glycoprotein that mediates the differentiation of pulmonary endothelial cells and specialized stem cells into alveolar epithelial lineage-specific cells during the repair phase after lung injury. Since bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) involves...

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Main Authors: Parvathy Krishnan, Hannah Sampath, Van Trinh, Lance Parton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-03-01
Series:Children
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/12/4/424
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