A hydrophobic pulmonary surfactant protein, SP-C, has been implicated in surface-
associated activities thought to facilitate the work of breathing. Model surfactant films …

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

The structures formed by a pulmonary surfactant model system of
dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC), dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol (DPPG), and …

The four-component system acyl chain perdeuterated 1, 2-dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
(DPPC)/1, 2-dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol/(DPPG)/pulmonary surfactant protein SP …

The structure of an artificial pulmonary surfactant was studied by scanning force-and
fluorescence light microscopy (SFM, and FLM, respectively). The surfactant–a mixture of …

Monolayers of a functional pulmonary surfactant (PS) can reach very low surface tensions
well below their equilibrium value. The mechanism by which PS monolayers reach such low …

Pulmonary surfactant provides for a lipid rich film at the lung air–water interface, which
prevents alveolar collapse at the end of expiration. The films are likely enriched in the major …

Lung surfactant films at the air/water interface exhibit the particularity that surfactant
molecules are expelled from the surface monolayer into a surface associated multilamellar …

SP-C, a pulmonary surfactant-specific protein, aids the spreading of the main surfactant
phospholipid L-alpha-dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) across air/water interfaces, a …

The aqueous lining of the lung surface exposed to the air is covered by lung surfactant, a
film consisting of lipid and protein components. The main function of lung surfactant is to …