Lung Surfactant Function and Disorder (Lung Biology in Health and Disease)

1. Lung Surfactant Phospholipid Molecular Species in Health and Disease
2. New Insights into the Thermal Dynamics of the Surfactant System from Warm and Cold Animals
3. Molecular and Functional Properties of Surfactant Protein A
4. Receptors and Ligands for Collectins Surfactant Proteins A and D
5. Structure–Function Relationships of Hydrophobic Proteins SP-B and SP-C in Pulmonary Surfactant
6. Chain Dancing, Super-Cool Surfactant, and Heavy Breathing: Membranes, Rafts, and Phase Transitions
7. The Basis of Low Surface Tensions in the Lungs
8. Surfactant and Airway Liquid Flows
9. Lung Surfactants: A Molecular Perspective from Computation
10. Analysis of Surface Topology and Chemical Composition of Microstructures Formed in Planar Surfactant Films Under Compression
11. SP-B Peptides: Synthesis, Structure, and Surface Activity
12. Structure and Function of the Molecular Film of Pulmonary Surfactant at the Air–Alveolar Interface: The Role of SP-C
13. Analysis of SP-C Function Using Transgenic and Gene Targeted Mice
14. Alternative Functions of SP-B and SP-C
15. The Physiological Significance of a Dysfunctional Lung Surfactant
16. Pulmonary Surfactant in Asthma and Allergy
17. Surfactant Treatment for Inflammatory Lung Disease
18. Alteration of Alveolar Surfactant Function by Reactive Oxygen Species
19. Novel Surfactant Therapy for Developing Countries: Current Status and Future Directions

The only source to describe the lung surfactant as a complex membranous system, this guide analyzes lung surfactant function from the aspects of molecular biology, biophysics, membrane science, and surface and interface analysis and reviews the latest basic and clinical issues relating to lung disease and (dys)function.