Table 1 Similarities and divergences between human and swine airway epithelium.
Parameters under comparative analysis | Similarity | Divergency |
|---|---|---|
In vivo tissue (Fig. 1) | ✓ | |
Clonogenicity of biopsy-derived cells (Fig. 2) | ✓ | |
In vitro cell morphology and colony organization (Fig. 2; Fig. S1) | ✓ | |
Clonogenic potential in serial passages (Fig. 2; Fig. S1) | ✓ | |
Cell culture yield (Fig. 3) | ✓ | |
Population doubling (Fig. 3) | ✓ | |
Doubling time (Fig. 3) | ✓ | ✓ |
In vitro cell culture characterization (Fig. 4; Fig. S2) | ✓ | ✓ |
Differentiative potential: 30 days submerged tissue (Fig. 5) | ✓ | |
Differentiative potential: 30 days airlifted tissue (Fig. 6) | ✓ | ✓ |
Trans-epithelial electric resistance (Fig. 7) | ✓ | ✓ |
