Pulmonary surfactant: A front line of lung host defense

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1453-1455

  Wright, Jo Rae ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; SURFACTANT PROTEIN B;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; NOTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS;

EID: 0038312915     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI200318650     Document Type: Note

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