Effect of lowering serum cholesterol on the composition of surfactant in adult rat lung

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 1 16-1, 1997, Pages

  Davidson, Kate G ^a,b   Acton, Suzanne M ^a   Barr, Heather A ^a   Nicholas, Terence E ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

4 aminopyrazolo 3,4 d pyrimidine; lamellar bodies; lung compliance; serum lipoproteins; tubular myelin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRAZOLO[3,4 D]PYRIMIDINE; LUNG SURFACTANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; LUNG ALVEOLUS SURFACE TENSION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG HOMOGENATE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; RAT;

EID: 0031024502     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1997.272.1.l106     Document Type: Article

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