Absorption of intact protein molecules across the pulmonary air-tissue barrier.
The majority of heterologous serum albumin and globulin molecules introduced into the pulmonary alveoli of dogs are absorbed into the circulatory system antigenically intact. This function of the alveoli has both physiologic and pathologic importance.
D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D000941:Antigens; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D007456:Iodine Isotopes; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology*; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D012711:Serum Albumin, Radio-Iodinated / Q000502:physiology*; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000502:physiology*
D000941:Antigens; D007456:Iodine Isotopes; D012711:Serum Albumin, Radio-Iodinated; D005719:gamma-Globulins