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Alveolar surfactant is a remarkable and highly active surface material composed of lipids and proteins that are present in the fluid lining the alveolar surface of the lungs (Griese, 1999). It has several distinct features, and is carefully regulated under a range of normal physiological conditions throughout life. Indeed, the regulation of alveolar surfactant composition and its secretory rate into the alveoli is itself a superb example of metabolic regulation in practice.
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Harwood, J.L., Morgan, L.W., Greatrex, T. (2002). Alveolar Surfactant. In: Bittar, E.E. (eds) Pulmonary Biology in Health and Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-22435-0_3
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