Pulmonary surfactant is a lipid–protein complex, synthesized and secreted by the respiratory
epithelium of lungs to the alveolar spaces, whose main function is to reduce the surface …

Revised Manuscript Received July 10, 1992 abstract: Attenuated total reflection Fourier
transform infrared spectroscopy was used to investigate the secondary structure of the …

Pulmonary surfactant is a mixture of lipids and proteins which is secreted by the epithelial
type II cells into the alveolar space. Its main function is to reduce the surface tension at the …

Pulmonary surfactant, a thin lipid/protein film lining mammalian lungs, functions in vivo to
reduce the work of breathing and to prevent alveolar collapse. Analogues of two …

Revised Manuscript Received September 2, 1994s abstract: Dynamic cyclic surface
pressure (jr)-area measurements were performed on surfactant proteins SP-B and SP-C in …

Langmuir isotherms, fluorescence microscopy, and atomic force microscopy were used to
study lung surfactant specific proteins SP-B and SP-C in monolayers of …

This review briefly notes recent findings important for understanding the surface mechanical
functions of pulmonary surfactant. Currently known surfactant-specific proteins and lipids are …

The pulmonary surfactant system constitutes an excellent example of how dynamic
membrane polymorphism governs some biological functions through specific lipid–lipid …

Pulmonary surfactant contains at least three unique proteins: SP-A, SP-B and SP-C. SP-B
and SP-C from bovine surfactant are markedly hydrophobic and have molecular masses …

The hydrophobic proteins SP-B and SP-C are essential for pulmonary surfactant function,
even though they are a relatively minor component (< 2% of surfactant dry mass). Despite …