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Lung surfactant alterations in pulmonary thromboembolism
European Journal of Medical Research, 2009 Beside neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, secondary surfactant deficiency may occur in patients with mature lungs. Recent studies revealed quantitative and qualitative changes of lung surfactant in pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) concerning the ...
Calkovska A, Mokra D, Calkovsky V
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Familial idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in a young female
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic interstitial lung disease of unknown cause. In the past years there have been observations of clustering of pulmonary fibrosis in families, indicating the disease can be inherited.
Sajitha S. Sritharan +4 more
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The melting of pulmonary surfactant monolayers [PDF]
Journal of Applied Physiology, 2007 Monomolecular films of phospholipids in the liquid-expanded (LE) phase after supercompression to high surface pressures (π), well above the equilibrium surface pressure (πe) at which fluid films collapse from the interface to form a three-dimensional bulk phase, and in the tilted-condensed (TC) phase both replicate the resistance to collapse that is ...
Wenfei Yan +3 more
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Engineering novel complement activity into a pulmonary surfactant protein [PDF]
, 2010 Complement neutralizes invading pathogens, stimulates inflammatory and adaptive immune responses, and targets non- or altered-self structures for clearance.
Anthony H. Keeble +38 more
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Archives of Medical Science, 2020 Introduction The comparative efficacy of pulmonary surfactant in the treatment of respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants remains unclear. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of different pulmonary surfactant in the treatment of respiratory ...
Caihong Qiu +4 more
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Biophysicochemical interaction of a clinical pulmonary surfactant with nano-alumina
, 2015 We report on the interaction of pulmonary surfactant composed of phospholipids and proteins with nanometric alumina (Al2O3) in the context of lung exposure and nanotoxicity.
Berret, J. -F. +3 more
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Biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine by human lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 11
Journal of Lipid Research, 2009 Pulmonary surfactant is a complex of phospholipids and proteins lining the alveolar walls of the lung. It reduces surface tension in the alveoli, and is critical for normal respiration.
Takeshi Harayama +2 more
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Small Science, 2021 The interplay of particles with pulmonary surfactant, a lipid‐protein material pivotal for lung function, is hypothesized as a key factor that has not been routinely considered in the current in vitro models when determining the fate of inhaled ...
Benedikt Huck +12 more
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The role of lipids in pulmonary surfactant
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease, 1998 Pulmonary surfactant is composed of approx. 90% lipids and 10% protein. This review article focusses on the lipid components of surfactant. The first sections will describe the lipid composition of mammalian surfactant and the techniques that have been utilized to study the involvement of these lipids in reducing the surface tension at an air-liquid ...
Veldhuizen, Ruud +3 more
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Pulmonary Surfactant: An Immunological Perspective [PDF]
Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 2010 Pulmonary surfactant has two crucial roles in respiratory function; first, as a biophysical entity it reduces surface tension at the air water interface, facilitating gas exchange and alveolar stability during breathing, and, second, as an innate component of the lung's immune system it helps maintain sterility and balance immune reactions in the ...
Virginia L. Shepherd +2 more
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