Pulmonary surfactant is a critical component of lung function in healthy individuals. It
functions in part by lowering surface tension in the alveoli, thereby allowing for breathing …

Lung surfactant (LS) is an essential system supporting the respiratory function. Cholesterol
can be deleterious for LS function, a condition that is reversed by the presence of the …

Self-assemblies composed of 1, 2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) and 1,
2-dihexanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DHPC) form several kinds of structures, such as …

SP-B63–78, a lung surfactant protein fragment, and magainin 2, an antimicrobial peptide,
are amphipathic peptides with the same overall charge but different biological functions …

The N-terminal 25 amino-acid residues of pulmonary surfactant protein B (SP-B1–25)
induces unusual lipid polymorphisms in a model lipid system, 4: 1 DPPC/POPG, mirroring …

This manuscript presents an overview of more than 40 years of membrane solid-state
nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) research in Canada. This technique is a method of …

This chapter summarises recent advances in solution, HR-MAS and solid-state NMR
techniques to study the structure and dynamics of soft matter. NMR enjoys widespread use …

Indirect spin–spin coupling constants (J) are essential parameters in nuclear magnetic
resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, indispensable in structure evaluation of organic and …

This dissertation work was conducted under the supervision of Professor Hiroshi Umakoshi
at Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka …

The respiratory function allows organisms to retrieve oxygen, an essential element required
for aerobic functions. Depletion of vital compounds such as water or nutrients is lethal in a …