Clearance of Large Amounts of Natural Surfactants and Liposomes of Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine from the Lungs of Rabbits
Oguchi K, Ikegami M, Jacobs H, Jobe A. Clearance of Large Amounts of Natural Surfactants and Liposomes of Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine from the Lungs of Rabbits. Experimental Lung Research 1985, 9: 221-235. PMID: 3841050, DOI: 10.3109/01902148509057525.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal lungLung tissueRabbit surfactantAlveolar washSheep surfactantAlveolar surfactant pool sizeEndogenous surfactant metabolismEndogenous surfactant poolsSurfactant pool sizeDifferent surfactant preparationsNatural rabbit surfactantLungs of rabbitsNatural sheep surfactantIntratracheal administrationIntratracheal injectionLung phosphatidylcholineSurfactant poolQuantity of phosphatidylcholineSurfactant metabolismLungClearance rateSurfactant phosphatidylcholineTotal phosphatidylcholineMetabolic responseSurfactant preparations