Previous studies have shown that haploinsufficiency of the splanchnic and septum
transversum mesoderm Forkhead Box (Fox) f1 transcriptional factor caused defects in lung
and gallbladder development and that Foxf1 heterozygous (+/−) mice exhibited defective
lung repair in response to injury. In this study, we show that Foxf1 is expressed in hepatic
stellate cells in developing and adult liver, suggesting that a subset of stellate cells
originates from septum transversum mesenchyme during mouse embryonic development …