The pattern of surfactant cholesterol during vertebrate evolution and development: does ontogeny recapitulate phylogeny?

S Orgeig, CB Daniels, SD Johnston… - Reproduction, Fertility …, 2003 - CSIRO Publishing
Pulmonary surfactant is a complex mixture of phospholipids (PLs), neutral lipids and
proteins that lines the inner surface of the lung. Here it modulates surface tension, thereby …

Thermal acclimation of surfactant secretion and its regulation by adrenergic and cholinergic agonists in type II cells isolated from warm-active and torpid golden …

CJ Ormond, S Orgeig, CB Daniels… - Journal of …, 2003 - journals.biologists.com
Homeothermic mammals experience pulmonary surfactant dysfunction with relatively small
fluctuations in body temperature. However, ground squirrels survive dramatic changes in …

Testing for fetal lung maturation: a biochemical “window” to the developing fetus

JS Torday, VK Rehan - Clinics in laboratory medicine, 2003 - labmed.theclinics.com
The introduction and development of methods for assessing fetal lung maturity has greatly
improved the outcome of high-risk pregnancies, both emergent [1] and those in which the …

The role of extrinsic and intrinsic factors in the evolution of the control of pulmonary surfactant maturation during development in the amniotes

LC Sullivan, S Orgeig… - … and Biochemical Zoology, 2003 - journals.uchicago.edu
Pulmonary surfactant is a mixture of lipids and proteins that is secreted by alveolar Type II
cells. It reduces alveolar surface tension and hence the work of breathing. Despite the …

Phosphatidylcholine metabolism of rat trachea in relation to lung parenchyma and surfactant

GA Rau, H Dombrowsky, A Gebert… - Journal of Applied …, 2003 - journals.physiology.org
Pulmonary surfactant prevents alveolar collapse and contributes to airway patency by
reducing surface tension. Although alveolar surfactant, consisting mainly of phospholipids …

Thermal acclimation of surfactant secretion and its regulation by adrenergic and cholinergic agonists in type II cells isolated from warm-active and torpid golden …

C Lang, S Orgeig, C Daniels, W Milsom - 2003 - digital.library.adelaide.edu.au
Homeothermic mammals experience pulmonary surfactant dysfunction with relatively small
fluctuations in body temperature. However, ground squirrels survive dramatic changes in …