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The secretion of phosphatidylcholine from type II cells has been found to be inhibited upon P. carinii infection [ 13], leading to a deficiency of phosphatidylglycerol and the loss of surfactant function in patients with PcP [ 14].
Our findings further characterize the signal transduction pathways that control surfactant protein gene expression.
This information could lead to the possible modification of these pathways by pharmacological agents in order to modulate the composition of pulmonary surfactant, which is critical for normal respiratory function and for host defense mechanisms in the lung.
Early issues with variation in printed spot morphology were resolved by pre-rinsing the filters: apparently this removes material acting as a surfactant and effects the spot morphology and/or drying characteristics.
This probe was a 202-bp fragment of a portion of the rat surfactant protein-B (SP-B) gene (emb|X14778|RNSPB) that is expressed only in type II pneumocytes and Clara cells [ 17].