EVOLUTION OF SURFACE ACTIVITY RELATED FUNCTIONS OF VERTEBRATE PULMONARY SURFACTANT

SUMMARY 1. Pulmonary surfactant is a mixture of lipids and proteins that lines the air‐liquid interface of the lungs of all vertebrates. In mammals, it functions to reduce and vary surface tension, which helps to decrease the work of breathing, provide alveolar stability and prevent alveolar oedema....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology 1998-09, Vol.25 (9), p.716-721
Hauptverfasser:	Daniels, Christopher B., Lopatko, Olga V., Orgeig, Sandra
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals anti-glue Biological Evolution evolution lipids lung compliance lung fluid balance lungs pulmonary surfactant Pulmonary Surfactants - physiology surface activity surface tension temperature vertebrates Vertebrates - physiology
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