Figure 9.
Hyperoxia-induced alveolar simplification in Keap1f/wt pups. Keap1f/wt pups at PND1 were exposed to room air (RA) or hyperoxia (Hyp) for 72 h, allowed to recover at room air, and sacrificed at PND18. The left lung was fixed, sectioned, and stained with H&E. (a) A representative image of lung sections of the Keap1f/wt neonatal mice exposed to RA or Hyp (20x). Images captured with Aperio Image Scope are presented. Scale bar: 100 μm. (b) The average MCL analyzed by morphometry (n = 3). Note that the MCL of the wildtype mice used for comparison are derived from Fig. 2B. (c) Nrf2 target gene expression in the lungs of room-air exposed 1-day-old (PND1) Keap1f/wt pups (n = 4). The dotted line represent values of respective genes noted in WT pups as shown in Fig. 2. *, **, compared to WT mice.