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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Stem Cell Rep. 2019 Nov 18;5(4):133–144. doi: 10.1007/s40778-019-00166-x

Table 2.

Adult progenitor cells and progeny at homeostasis and after injury.

Location Progenitor cell type Context Progeny cell type
Submucosal glands of airway Myoepithelial cell Naphthalene, sulfur dioxide, influenza injury Myoepithelial, transitional basal cell to secretory and multiciliated cells
Conducting airway Basal Cells Homeostasis Basal, secretory, tuft, neuroendocrine, and ionocytes
Sulfur dioxide, naphthalene Basal, secretory, multiciliated cells
Influenza SOX2+/KRT5+/TRP63+ basal transition cell into AT2s upon inhibition of NOTCH, prevention of hypoxia-induced events, and WNT activation
Secretory Cells Homeostasis Secretory, multiciliated cells
Basal cell depletion, sulfur dioxide, influenza Dedifferentiated basal, secretory, multiciliated cells
Naphthalene, sulfur dioxide Basal, secretory, tuft, neuroendocrine, and ionocytes
Variant Secretory (NEB niche) Homeostasis or naphthalene injury Secretory, multiciliated cells
Bleomycin AT2s, AT1s
Bronchioalveolar stem cells Homeostasis Secretory and AT2, (rare AT1)
Naphthalene Secretory, multiciliated cells
Bleomycin AT2, AT1
Influenza Secretory, AT2
Alveolar Type 1 Homeostasis, AT1
Pneumonectomy AT1, AT2
Type 2 Homeostasis, bleomycin, AT2 depletion model, pneumonectomy AT2, AT1
AEP Homeostasis AT2 (rare AT1)
Influenza, lung epithelial deletion model AT2, AT1
a4b6/SFTPC- Bleomycin AT2s