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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...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |