In vivo animal models can offer valuable information on several aspects of asthma pathogenesis
and treatment. The mouse is increasingly used in these models, mainly because this …

… Evans MJ, Van Winkle LS, Fanucchi MV, Plopper CG: The attenuated broblast sheath of
the respiratory tract epithelial-mesenchymal trophic unit. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 1999;21:655…

Interactions between epithelial, mesenchymal, and neural tissue and also the extracellular
matrix are necessary to initiate numerous cellular functions of the lung (1). The most common …

We examined the relationship between intrapulmonary particle distribution of carbonaceous
and mineral dusts and remodeling of the airways along anatomically distinct airway paths in …

… Hill LH, Plopper CG: Use of large block embedding for correlated LM, TEM and SEM
characterization of pulmonary airways of known anatomic location. Proc Southeast Elect Microsc …

… PLOPPER Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology and Department of … Plopper.
Cellular response in naphthalene-induced … and CG Plopper. Secretory product expression …

We propose that lung morphogenesis and repair are characterized by complex cell-cell
interactions of endodermal and mesodermal origin, leading to (or returning back to) an alveolar …

The purpose of this study was to define the sites of cytotoxicity within the respiratory tract (nasal
cavity and tracheobronchial airway tree) resulting from administration of naphthalene, an …

… Antigenic proteins were identified by the avidin-biotin horseradish peroxidase method as
outlined by Plopper and coworkers (13). Standard controls were (1) substitution of the primary …

Little is known about the molecular basis for differential pulmonary oxidant sensitivity observed
between genetically disparate members of the same species. We have generated mice …