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Lymphatic function is required prenatally for lung inflation at birth

Mammals must inflate their lungs and breathe within minutes of birth to survive. A key regulator of neonatal lung inflation is pulmonary surfactant, a lipoprotein complex which increases lung compliance by reducing alveolar surface tension (Morgan, 1971). Whether other developmental processes also a...

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Autores principales: Jakus, Zoltán, Gleghorn, Jason P., Enis, David R., Sen, Aslihan, Chia, Stephanie, Liu, Xi, Rawnsley, David R., Yang, Yiqing, Hess, Paul R., Zou, Zhiying, Yang, Jisheng, Guttentag, Susan H., Nelson, Celeste M., Kahn, Mark L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4010903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24733830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20132308