Contents Preface vii Guest Editors viii Introduction ix List of abbreviations xiv Progenitor cells in embryonic/fetal lung development 1. Lung development 1 Jessica Allen-Hyttinen, Henry Yung and Marko Z. Nikolić 2. Alveolar stem cells in lung development and regrowth 17 Jiao Li and Nan Tang 3. Lung blood and lymphatic vascular development 31 Tsvetana Stoilova and Christiana Ruhrberg 4. Neuroendocrine cells in lung development and disease 44 Barsha Dash, Estelle Kim and Xin Sun Adult airway stem cells 5. Adult mouse and human airway epithelial basal stem cells 56 Brian Lin, Jiawei Sun, Hongmei Mou and Jayaraj Rajagopal 6. Stem cells of submucosal glands: their function as tissue stem cells 70 and a reserve population for airway repair Aleksandra Tata 7. Adult mouse intralobar airway stem cells 84 Catherine Dabrowska, Jingyun Li, Apoorva Mulay, Gianni Carraro, Manav Gupta, Carla F. Kim, Joo-Hyeon Lee and Barry R. Stripp 8. Evidence for the involvement of lipofibroblasts, airway smooth muscle 99 cells and FGF10 signalling in lung repair Elie El Agha and Saverio Bellusci 9. Respiratory bronchioles: a unique structure in the human lung 114 Maria C. Basil and Edward E. Morrisey ERS monograph Lung Stem Cells in Development, Health and Disease Number 91 April 2021