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Pulmonary Surfactant: An Immunological Perspective

Pulmonary surfactant has two crucial roles in respiratory function; first, as a biophysical entity it reduces surface tension at the air water interface, facilitating gas exchange and alveolar stability during breathing, and, second, as an innate component of the lung's immune system it helps m...

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Autori principali: Chroneos, Zissis C., Sever-Chroneos, Zvjezdana, Shepherd, Virginia L.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: S. Karger AG 2009
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3025886/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20054141
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