The Perturbation of Pulmonary Surfactant by Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide and Its Reversal by Polymyxin B: Function and Structure
After inhalation, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) molecules interfere with a pulmonary surfactant, a unique mixture of phospholipids (PLs) and specific proteins that decreases surface tension at the air–liquid interphase. We evaluated the behaviour of a clinically used modified porcine pulmonary...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-07-01
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Series: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/19/7/1964 |