title: Pulmonary surfactant metabolism.
abstract: Recent work suggests that surfactant undergoes a complex sequence of metabolic events during its life cycle in the alveolar airspace. The composition, turnover, and metabolism of surfactant, and the possible "control points" in its metabolic pathway that might be compromised in disease states are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hawgood
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000378:metabolism; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants