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Birkelbach, B., Lutz, D., Ruppert, C., Henneke, I., Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Günther, A., Ochs, M., Mahavadi, P., Knudsen, L.: Am J Physiol-Lung C. 2015;309(1):L63-75 To access the full article, click here: Chronic injury of alveolar epithelial type II cells (AE2 cells) represents a key event in the development

Lutz, D., Gazdhar, A., Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Ruppert, C., Mahavadi, P., Günther, A., Klepetko, W., Bates, J.H., Smith, B., Geiser, T., Ochs, M., Knudsen, L.: Am J Resp Cell Mol. 2015;52(2):232-43. To access the full article, click here: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis are

Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Pérez-Gil, J.: BBA-Biochim Biophys Acta. 2014;1838(6):1568-85. To access the full article, click here: Pulmonary surfactant is an essential lipid–protein complex to maintain an operative respiratory surface at the mammalian lungs. It reduces surface tension at the alveolar air–liquid interface to stabilise the lungs

Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Cruz, A., Richter, R.P., Taeusch, H.W., Pérez-Gil, J.: J Biol Chem. 2013;288(41):29872-81. To access the full article, click here: Pulmonary surfactant is a lipid-protein complex that lowers surface tension at the respiratory air-liquid interface, stabilizing the lungs against physical forces tending to collapse

De Luca, D., Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Minucci, A., Vendittelli, F., Gentile, L., Stival, E., Conti, G., Piastra, M., Antonelli, M., Echaide, M., Perez-Gil, J., Capoluongo, E.D.: Crit Care. 2013;17(4):R163. To access the full article, click here: Introduction Secretory phospholipase A2 is supposed to play a role in

Blanco, O., Cruz, A., Ospina, O.L., Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Vázquez, L., Pérez-Gil, J.: BBA-Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012;1818(11):2756-66. To access the full article, click here: Surfacen® is a clinical surfactant preparation of porcine origin, partly depleted of cholesterol, which is widely used in Cuba to treat pre-term babies

Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Ospina, O.L., Echaide, M., Taeusch, H.W., Pérez-Gil, J.: Biophys J. 2012;103(7):1451-9. To access the full article, click here: Dysfunction of pulmonary surfactant in the lungs is associated with respiratory pathologies such as acute respiratory distress syndrome or meconium aspiration syndrome. Serum, cholesterol, and

Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Echaide, M., Cruz, A., Taeusch, H.W., Perez-Gil, J. Biophys J. 2011;100(3):646-55. To access the full article, click here: Mechanisms for meconium-induced inactivation of pulmonary surfactant as part of the meconium aspiration syndrome in newborn infants, to our knowledge, are not clearly understood. Here we