Fig. 6. Decreased epithelial and mesenchymal cell proliferation in
Foxp2-/-;Foxp1+/- compound mutant
lungs. Immunohistochemistry was performed using a Ki-67 antibody to detect
proliferating cells in the lungs of wild-type (A) or
Foxp2-/-;Foxp1+/- compound mutant (B)
mice. Quantitation (C) shows that there is a more than 40% reduction in
cell proliferation in both the epithelia and mesenchyme of
Foxp2-/-;Foxp1+/- compound mutant lungs.
Expression of cyclin D1 (D,E) is decreased in
Foxp2-/-;Foxp1+/- lungs, whereas expression of
the CDKI p57 (F,G) is increased. Scale bars: 50 µm.