Investigating stretch-induced regulation of pulmonary progenitor cell responses in fetal lung development and disease. KU Leuven
Fetuses who are affected by congenital diaphragmatic hernia have an abnormal lung development. Their lung tissue is smaller in size and often unable to perform its usual function after birth, namely breathing and adequate gas exchange. Currently these fetuses are treated by an intervention (called tracheal occlusion) that aims to improve the size of the lungs. This leads to a better survival of these babies after birth. Yet the intervention ...