… conservation of the structure of both surfactant proteins over at least 300 million years of
evolution. The presence of surfactant proteins in organs other than lung nevertheless raises the …

… This review discusses emerging topics within the field of protein–surfactant … protein–surfactant
complexes and has revealed common features shared between electrophoretic protein–…

… proteins termed pulmonary surfactant. This study is the first to provide evidence for the presence
of a surfactant-specific protein (Surfactant Protein … SP-A–like protein to the air spaces of …

… 1, and because the surfactant proteins play important roles in surfactant physiology and
lung host defense, the hypothesis that the surfactant proteins are contributors to the etiology of …

… this surfactant protein is lung-specific. This might not be the case for all surfactant proteins, …
Whether this synthesis contributes significant amounts of surfactant protein to the alveolar …

… the evolution of one of the hydrophobic surfactant proteins, SP-C, in mammals. This topic
served as a link to the first session which emphasised the molecular structure and biophysical …

… surfactant protein constructs has been a major research focus for replacement therapies. This
review highlights what is known about surfactant proteins … they are evolutionarily related [10…

… of MBP and surfactant Aprotein expands, it appears that each domain of these proteins may
… Human pulmonary surfactant protein (SP-A), a protein structurally homologous to Clq, can …

… the surfactant proteins in the 1980s and 1990s, the emphasis of such studies has shifted to
phospholipid/protein … that cholesterol is dynamically regulated within surfactant, and has been …

… , is a serum protein synthesized in liver … surfactant protein-D gene, SFTP4. On the basis of
identical collagen domain structures, we suggest that conglutinin and bovine surfactant protein-…