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 …

Pulmonary surfactant (PS) is a lipid-protein complex essential to stabilise the delicate
structure of mammalian alveoli along with successive compression-expansion respiratory …

Pulmonary surfactant lowers surface tension in the lungs. Physiological studies indicate two
key aspects of this function: that the surfactant film forms rapidly; and that when compressed …

The major emphasis of this article has been the complex, multicomponent system of
surfactants that are required for proper pulmonary mechanics and function in the …

The respiratory surface in the mammalian lung is stabilized by pulmonary surfactant, a
membrane-based system composed of multiple lipids and specific proteins, the primary …

Pulmonary surfactant is a lipid-protein complex which has the essential physiological role of
stabilizing the respiratory surface of lungs against collapse. To achieve this function …

Pulmonary surfactant research is considered from the perspective of interdisciplinary
correlations based on information acquired from biophysics and physical chemistry …

Pulmonary surfactant functions by first flowing rapidly into the alveolar air/water interface, but
then resisting collapse from the surface when the adsorbed interfacial film is compressed …

This review is based on the contents of an international congress entitled,“Surfactant 2004”,
organized by Drs. B. Lachmann and LMG van Golde and held in Berlin, Germany. This is the …

Pulmonary surfactant is a complex and highly surface active material composed of lipids and
proteins which is found in the fluid lining the alveolar surface of the lungs. Surfactant …