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 is composed of approx. 90% lipids and 10% protein. This review
article focusses on the lipid components of surfactant. The first sections will describe the lipid …

Pulmonary surfactant is an essential lipid–protein complex to maintain an operative
respiratory surface at the mammalian lungs. It reduces surface tension at the alveolar air …

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

Pulmonary surfactant, the lipid-protein material that stabilizes the respiratory surface of the
lungs, contains approximately equimolar amounts of saturated and unsaturated …

The composition of the pulmonary surfactant and the border conditions of normal human
breathing are relevant to characterize the interfacial behavior of pulmonary layers. Based on …

Pulmonary surfactant controls the surface tension at the air-liquid interface within the lung.
This system had a single evolutionary origin that predates the evolution of the vertebrates …

The pharmaceutical application of exogenous natural pulmonary surfactant preparations
has shown its efficiency in the therapeutical treatment of infants with Respiratory Distress …

In most eutherian mammals, cholesterol (Chol) comprises approximately 8–10 wt.% or 14–
20 mol.% of both alveolar and lamellar body surfactant. It is regarded as an integral …

Pulmonary surfactant, a complex mixture of lipids and proteins, lowers the surface tension in
terminal air spaces and is crucial for lung function. Within an animal species, surfactant …