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Lung surfactant: Host defense/surface tension, and linking innate/adaptive immune systems

Jo Rae Wright combines the drive and sense of wonderment of an intrepid researcher with a long record of service to the science of physiology. She is Vice Dean for Basic Research, Chief of the ...
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The Anatomy, Physics, and Physiology of Gas Exchange Surfaces: Is There a Universal Function for Pulmonary Surfactant in Animal Respiratory Structures?

Instead, surfactant is also important in narrow tubular respiratory structures such as the terminal airways of mammals and the air capillaries of birds. (3). Insect tracheoles: We investigate the ...
Nature

Surfactant utilization and short-term outcomes in an era of non-invasive respiratory support in Canadian neonatal intensive care units

Increased use of non-invasive respiratory support (NRS) in the delivery room management of preterm neonates has resulted in delayed surfactant treatment, yet the short-term effects of this change are ...
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Latency of Plasma Membrane H⁺-ATPase in Vesicles Isolated by Aqueous Phase Partitioning: Increased Substrate Accessibility or Enzyme Activation

The properties of the plasma membrane H+-ATPase and the cause of its latency have been studied using a highly purified plasma membrane fraction from oat (Avena sativa L., cv Victory) roots, prepared ...