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1Sinclair Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and CHEO Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Abstract:
In this issue of Developmental Cell, Xu et al. (2022) describe a transgenic mouse mimicking neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia of infancy, a rare pediatric disease. The mice have excess lung fluid and increased pulmonary neuroendocrine cells with increased endothelium permeability. Acute respiratory distress syndrome is similar, so this rare disease may provide solutions for common diseases.
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