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Comparative Lipid Chemistry of Lungs
John A. Clements, MD
Arch Intern Med. 1971;127(3):387-389.
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Studies of surfactant content and lipid composition of the lungs of 11 vertebrate species have given some insight into architectural and mechanical problems in pulmonary function. They have not helped in understanding how the lung defends itself against the hostile environment and especially against oxygen.
As a part of studies of the functions of the pulmonary alveolar lining we have determined the surfactant content and lipid composition of the lungs in 11 vertebrate species and examined correlations with respiratory surface area. We have reported analyses of phospholipid components before,1 and our values agree in general with those of other workers who have made systematic comparisons.2,3 In this communication we present the results of neutral lipid assays and of some studies of acyl chain length and unsaturation in both neutral lipids and phospholipids.
We removed the lungs from the adult frog, turtle, chicken, rat, sea lion, dog, mouse, rabbit,
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Author Affiliations
San Francisco
From the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco.
Footnotes
Received for publication Nov 12, 1970; accepted Dec 1.
Read in part before the Tenth Annual Hanford Biology Symposium on Pollution and Lung Biochemistry, Richland, Wash, June 3, 1970, jointly sponsored by the Batelle Memorial Institute-Pacific Northwest Laboratories, National Air Pollution Control Administration, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the US Atomic Energy Commission.
Reprint requests to Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco 94122 (Dr. Clements).
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