pulmonary surfactant

Introduction

Pulmonary surfactant consists of 90% lipid & 10% protein.

There are 4 surfactant-associated proteins:

• 2 collagenous, carbohydrate-binding glycoproteins (SP-A & SP-D)
• 2 small hydrophobic proteins (SP-B & SP-C)

More general terms

• surfactant