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loulou_787 Surrey, UK
I am a 28 year old who has recently received a lung transplant after an agonising wait.  I have... More
Talana Fairfax US
I'm Talana, 27, married, and living with CF. For the first 20 years of my life, I was very... More
Dewayne Rainsville, Alabama
Im 47 years old and have Non- Specific usaual interstitiual P,diease, have two boys my oldest is... More
Patty B. Granbury, Texas
I lost a kidney and have just recently found a path to take because a Doctor took the time to... More
compacttreadmill Umina Beach, AU
I love all animals and for that reason I am a vegan. It is actually very easy and I love feeling... More
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Protein May Be Strongest Indicator of Rare Lung Disease, Study Shows by COPDsurvivor Patient Expert Brent Kinder, MDResearchers at the University of Cincinnati have discovered a protein in the lungs that can help in determining ...
Really little babies by Paul L. Healthy Living Professional I just attended a reunion of NICU babies at our hospital. The NICU is the neonatal intensive care unit, where premature or other ...
23 weeks by Christine Healthy Living Professional WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH YOUR BABYYour baby is now 11 inches from head to toe or about 20cm crown to rump and hovering around the o ...
Lunging by Al O. Patient Expert There are a number of exercises that experts tell us are absolutely necessary for total fitness. Lunges are one of those exerci ...
Lung Cancer by Weight Master E. Patient ExpertHealth Maven I have a cousin dying of lung cancer. She has been a heavy smoker most of her life. She has had chemotherapy twice and has elect ...
The Hardcore Lunge by Mike R. Healthy Living Professional The lunge is one of the best exercises you can do in the gym. Unfortunately, the performance of the "lunge" by your average gym- ...
The Hardcore Lunge by Mike R. Healthy Living Professional The lunge is one of the best exercises you can do in the gym. Unfortunately, the performance of the "lunge" by your av ...
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Side Lunge by Lance B. Patient Expert We have a love-hate relationship with lunges. We HATE how much they burn, but we LOVE the results we can get.But every relations ...
The lung stigma. by Katie C. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee I’ve been a surfing, swimming, cross-country running, division one scholarship rowing, non-smoker my whole life, so you ca ...

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Pulmonary surfactant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pulmonary surfactant thus greatly reduces surface tension, increasing compliance allowing the lung to inflate much more easily, thereby eliminating the work ...

Effect of nitric oxide on lung surfactant secretion.
Lung surfactant is secreted from epithelial type II cells into alveolar airspace in response to airborne and circulating stimuli. Nitric oxide (NO) can be ...

Solubility versus Electrostatics: What Determines Lipid/Protein ...
ABSTRACT Mammalian lung surfactant is a complex lipid/protein mixture covering the alveolar interface and has the cruc...

Reorganization of cytoskeleton during surfactant secretion in lung ...
The secretion of lung surfactant requires the movement of lamellar bodies to the plasma membrane through cytoskeletal barrier at the cell cortex. ...

Keeping Lung Surfactant Where It Belongs: Protein Regulation of ...
ABSTRACT Lung surfactant causes the surface tension, γ, in the alveoli to drop to nearly zero on exhalation; in t...

Effects of a cationic and hydrophobic peptide, KL4, on model lung ...
It is these two phases that can fulfill the important lung surfactant functions ... The pulmonary surfactant system: biochemical and clinical aspects. Lung. ...

More Than a Monolayer: Relating Lung Surfactant Structure and ...
ABSTRACT Survanta, a clinically used bovine lung surfactant extract, in contact with surfactant in the subphase, shows...

Formation of lung surfactant films from intact lamellar bodies.
Lamellar bodies, an intracellular source of lung alveolar surfactant, were isolated from rat lung homogenates and studied in the Langmuir-Adams surface ...

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Lung cancer

Introduction Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide. Smoking is the most common cause of lung cancer. Around 90% of c ... » Read on
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Additivity of Protein and Nonprotein Inhibitors of Lung Surfactant Activity -- WANG ... Effect of Lung Surfactant Collectins on Bronchoalveolar Macrophage ...

Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants
The disease is caused by a lack of lung surfactant, a chemical that normally appears in mature lungs. Surfactant keeps the air sacs from collapsing and ...

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"Our findings demonstrate the Foxm1 gene's central importance to lung maturation and surfactant production in mice," study senior investigator Dr. Vladimir ...

Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants
An artificial lung surfactant is sometimes delivered through an endotracheal tube into the lungs of an infant at high risk for respiratory distress syndrome ...

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The SFTPA2 gene normally produces the surfactant protein A2 in the fluid of the lungs, ... many of those with the mutation had lung cancer as well as IPF. ...

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Lung alveolus - Health Encyclopedia. The effect of CFTR mutations on pulmonary surfactant composition, concentration and function in the lung alveolus is la ...

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a chronic lung disorder that may affect ... Surfactant kinetics in preterm infants on mechanical ventilation who did and ...

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A collapsed lung, or pneumothorax, occurs when all or part of a lung collapses ... amount or effectiveness of surfactant, many but not all alveoli collapse, ...

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Discovery Labs Submits SURFAXIN Pharmacodynamic Trial Protocol to FDA
... potentially delivering aerosolized KL4 surfactant to the deep lung without the complications currently associated with liquid surfactant administration. ...

Discovery Labs' Third Quarter 2009 Financial Update
... potentially delivering aerosolized KL4 surfactant to the deep lung without the complications currently associated with liquid surfactant administration. ...

Discovery Labs Schedules Conference Call and Webcast
... potentially delivering aerosolized KL4 surfactant to the deep lung without the complications currently associated with liquid surfactant administration. ...

REGN, EGLE, VG, SSS, DSCO, SRDX Expected To Be Lower After Earnings Releases ...
The company has a license agreement with Philip Morris USA Inc. to use its Capillary Aerosolization Technology for use with pulmonary surfactants for the ...

 

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