American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiologyCryoelectron MicroscopyPulmonary SurfactantsAnimalsCryopreservationAlveolar Epithelial Cells
Novel ultrastructural insights in lung surfactant membrane complexes under closer-to-native conditions as revealed by cryo-microscopy techniques.
Francisco Javier Chichón, Alejandro Cerrada, Rocío Arranz, Antonio Cruz, José María Valpuesta, Jesús Pérez-Gil
Published: 202610.1152/ajplung.00241.2025
Abstract
Lung surfactant (LS) plays an essential role in preventing lung collapse due to physical forces by forming surface-active lipid-protein membranous films at the respiratory air-liquid interface. Throughout its biological cycle, LS exists in a variety…
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