YAP regulates alveolar epithelial cell differentiation
(A–C) Immunofluorescence analysis of proliferation (KI67), AT1 (HOPX, AGER), AT2 (SFTPC, SFTPB), and epithelial (NKX2.1) cell markers to assess alveolar epithelial cell proliferation and differentiation in YAPactive and YAPdeleted mouse lungs.
(D) Quantification of HOPX+/SFTPC- AT1, HOPX-/SFTPC+ AT2, HOPX+/SFTPC+ “dual positive” (yellow arrow) and KI67+/SFTPC+ proliferating AT2 cells (red arrows) in PND14 (N = 11 WT, 12 YAPactive, 10 YAPdeleted), 28 (N = 9 WT, 9 YAPactive, 8 YAPdeleted), and 90 (N = 8 WT, 8 YAPactive, 8 YAPdeleted). SFTPC+ “doublets” are indicated with white arrows. Whiskers of box-whisker plots represent min and max values. ∗Indicates p<0.05 as determined by Two-way ANOVA followed by Sidak's multiple comparisons test.