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. 2012 Aug 7;9:16. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-9-16

Figure 1 .

Figure 1

The lung bud and subsequently the lung inaugurates by evagination (out-pocketing = diverticulation) of committed endodermal cells of the primitive foregut. Its growth and development is regulated by various molecular morphogenetic factors that are expressed at different times and places in the epithelial, mesenchymal, and mesothelial compartments.