Marie-Belle El Mdawar

The paper shows that persistent mutation burdens in alveolar progenitor cells after smoking cessation explain the continued risk of lung adenocarcinoma compared to squamous cell carcinoma.

This study identifies podoplanin (PDPN) as a marker for human airway basal cells with high progenitor potential, enabling efficient sorting of airway stem cells.

The paper screens 1,429 compounds in primary human airway basal cells to identify Wnt pathway activators that promote proliferation and regeneration.

This paper develops lentiviral reporter constructs to quantitatively monitor airway epithelial cell differentiation using bioluminescence in vitro.