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The Drosophila trachea provides an excellent model for investigating how extracellular remodeling contributes to epithelial tube morphogenesis. AdamTS-B, an extracellular ADAMTS protease, is expressed in the embryonic trachea from early to late stages of tracheal development. Loss of AdamTS-B caused mild defects in unicellular branch organization, whereas overexpression produced ectopic cyst-like structures. Additionally, AdamTS-B localized intracellularly and to basal protrusions of tracheal cells. Constitutively active EGFR phenocopied the AdamTS-B overexpression phenotype. Together, our findings identify AdamTS-B as a dosage-sensitive regulator of unicellular tracheal branch morphogenesis and support a model in which extracellular proteolysis contributes to epithelial tube architecture. 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