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Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

Known as: Proteinosis, Pulmonary Alveolar, Proteinoses, Pulmonary Alveolar, LUNG, ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS 
A PULMONARY ALVEOLI-filling disease, characterized by dense phospholipoproteinaceous deposits in the alveoli, cough, and DYSPNEA. This disease is… 
National Institutes of Health

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ChestIn BloodLungLysinuric Protein Intolerance

Narrower (4)

Congenital Deficiency of Pulmonary Surfactant Protein BPulmonary alveolar proteinosis, congenitalSurfactant Metabolism Dysfunction, Pulmonary, 3Surfactant Metabolism Dysfunction, Pulmonary, 4

Broader (3)

Lung diseasesairway diseaseproteinosis

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Immune deficiencies , infection , and systemic immune disorders Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in patients with adenosine deaminase deficiency
Abbreviations used ADA: Adenosine deaminase BAL: Bronchoalveolar lavage HSCT: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation PAP… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Dynamic alveolar mechanics and ventilator-induced lung injury
Objectives:To review the mechanism of dynamic alveolar mechanics (i.e., the dynamic change in alveolar size and shape during… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Glycoprotein-340 binds surfactant protein-A (SP-A) and stimulates alveolar macrophage migration in an SP-A-independent manner.
Glycoprotein-340 (gp-340) was first identified as a surfactant protein (SP)-D-binding molecule purified from lung lavage of… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Alterations in the alveolar epithelium after injury leading to pulmonary fibrosis.
This review discusses current knowledge of the involvement of the alveolar epithelium in tissue remodelling during fibrogenesis… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
C-C chemokines: novel mediators of the profibrotic inflammatory response to bleomycin challenge.
Over the last 20 years, fibrotic lung diseases have been treated with corticosteroids or cytotoxic immunosuppressants with very… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Surfactant protein-A concentration in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids of patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is characterized by accumulation of large quantities of lipoproteinaceous materials in… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Accumulation of surfactant protein D in human pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.
Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is a collagenous calcium-dependent carbohydrate-binding protein that is structurally related to the… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
The major lung surfactant protein, SP 28-36, is a calcium-dependent, carbohydrate-binding protein.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Analysis of labeling and clearance of lung surfactant phospholipids in rabbit. Evidence of bidirectional surfactant flux between lamellar bodies and alveolar lavage.
Turnover and clearance of lung surfactant phospholipids were studied with particular reference to myoinositol-induced… 
Highly Cited
1946
Highly Cited
1946
On the determination of the physiologically effective pressures of oxygen and carbon dioxide in alveolar air.
Although studies of the composition of alveolar air have been invaluable to the advance of respiratory physiology a precise… 
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