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On Top of the Alveolar Epithelium: Surfactant and the Glycocalyx [PDF]

, 2020
Gas exchange in the lung takes place via the air-blood barrier in the septal walls of alveoli. The tissue elements that oxygen molecules have to cross are the alveolar epithelium, the interstitium and the capillary endothelium.
Hegermann, Jan, Kuebler, Wolfgang M., Lopez-Rodriguez, Elena, Matuszak, Jasmin, Nouailles, Geraldine, Ochs, Matthias, Simmons, Szandor, Timm, Sara, Witzenrath, Martin   +8 more
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Alveolar lipids in pulmonary disease. A review

Lipids in Health and Disease, 2020
Lung lipid metabolism participates both in infant and adult pulmonary disease. The lung is composed by multiple cell types with specialized functions and coordinately acting to meet specific physiologic requirements. The alveoli are the niche of the most
Christina W. Agudelo, Ghassan Samaha, Itsaso Garcia-Arcos   +2 more
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Decreased surfactant lipids correlate with lung function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

PLoS ONE, 2020
Smoke exposure is known to decrease total pulmonary surfactant and alter its composition, but the role of surfactant in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains unknown. We aimed to analyze the compositional changes in the surfactant lipidome
Christina W Agudelo, Britta K Kumley, Estela Area-Gomez, Yimeng Xu, Abdoulaye J Dabo, Patrick Geraghty, Michael Campos, Robert Foronjy, Itsaso Garcia-Arcos   +8 more
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The influence of natural pulmonary surfactant on the efficacy of siRNA-loaded dextran nanogels [PDF]

, 2013
Aim: Topical administration of siRNA nanocarriers is a promising approach in the treatment of pulmonary disorders. Pulmonary surfactant, covering the entire alveolar surface of mammalian lungs, will be one of the first interfaces that siRNA nanocarriers ...
Braeckmans, Kevin, De Backer, Lynn, De Smedt, Stefaan, Demeester, Jo, Raemdonck, Koen   +4 more
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The role of surface charge in the interaction of nanoparticles with model pulmonary surfactants [PDF]

, 2018
Inhaled nanoparticles traveling through the airways are able to reach the respiratory zone of the lungs. In such event, the incoming particles first enter in contact with the liquid lining the alveolar epithelium, the pulmonary surfactant.
Berret, J. -F., Mousseau, F.
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Clinical biological and genetic heterogeneity of the inborn errors of pulmonary surfactant metabolism [PDF]

, 2001
Pulmonary surfactant is a multimolecular complex located at the air-water interface within the alveolus to which a range of physical (surface-active properties) and immune functions has been assigned. This complex consists of a surface-active lipid layer
Clements JA, Crouch E, deMello DE, Dirksen U, Doyle IR, Fisher JH, Floros J, Glasser SW, Green D, Hawgood S, Ikegami M, Ikegami M, Ikegami M, Kitamura T, Kresch MJ, Madan T, Mahut B, Mason RJ, Myrianthopoulos NC, Nogee LM, Pilot-Matias TJ, Power JHT, Prakash UBS, Reed JA, Robertson B, Rosen SH, Stoll BJ, Tredano M, Vorbroker DK, Wang J-Y   +29 more
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Effect of Amphotericin B on the Thermodynamic Properties and Surface Morphology of the Pulmonary Surfactant Model Monolayer during Respiration

Molecules, 2023
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the treatment of pulmonary fungal infection faced noteworthy challenges. Amphotericin B has shown promising therapeutic effects as an inhalation treatment for pulmonary fungal infections, especially those associated with the
Juan Wang, Jia Wang, Xinzhong Wang, Zhen Wang   +3 more
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Acute Pathophysiological Effects of Intratracheal Instillation of Budesonide and Exogenous Surfactant in a Neonatal Surfactant-depleted Piglet Model

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2010
Chronic lung disease continues to be a major complication in premature infants with severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). This is despite having advanced ventilatory care, prenatal corticosteroids, and postnatal surfactant therapies.
Chia-Feng Yang, Mei-Jy Jeng, Wen-Jue Soong, Yu-Sheng Lee, Pen-Chen Tsao, Ren-Bin Tang   +5 more
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New therapy by surfactant to avoid neuro/psychiatric problems caused by cerebral hypoxia

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction Covid-19 causes neuro/psychiatric problems by cerebral hypoxia. Objectives My therapy could allow us to cross Covid-19 infection by minimizing both immediate and chronic lung damage and would avoid many deaths and neuro/psychiatric ...
L. Bracco
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Pleiotropy as the Mechanism for Evolving Novelty: Same Signal, Different Result. [PDF]

, 2015
In contrast to the probabilistic way of thinking about pleiotropy as the random expression of a single gene that generates two or more distinct phenotypic traits, it is actually a deterministic consequence of the evolution of complex physiology from the ...
Torday, John S
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