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alveolar lamellar body

Known as: Lamellar Body 
A specialized secretory organelle found in type II pneumocytes and involved in the synthesis, secretion, and reutilization of pulmonary surfactant… 
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2009
2009
Determining a cutoff for fetal lung maturity with lamellar body count testing
Objective. A lamellar body count (LBC) ≥50,000/μl is suggested to document fetal lung maturity (FLM). We sought to determine the… 
2006
2006
A direct comparison between lamellar body counts and fluorescent polarization methods for predicting respiratory distress syndrome.
Our objective was to directly compare the diagnostic usefulness of lamellar body counting (LBC) and the TDx-FLM II assay (Abbott… 
1994
1994
Type II pneumocytes revisited: intracellular membranous systems, surface characteristics, and lamellar body secretion.
BACKGROUND Type II pneumocytes, the producers of pulmonary surfactant, have been extensively studied during the last 20 years… 
1994
1994
Lamellar body concentrations and the prediction of fetal pulmonary maturity.
1994
1994
Synthesis of type II cell lamellar body lysozyme-15 kD protein (lbl-15) by perfused rat lung.
Isolated alveolar type II pneumocytes of the rat have been shown to secrete a 14 to 15 kD protein that has some sequence homology… 
1991
1991
Evidence that fatty acid chain length is a type II cell lipid-sorting signal.
This study was undertaken to determine those structural features of phospholipid molecules which influence their enrichment in… 
1991
1991
Ozone stress initiates acute perturbations of secreted surfactant membranes.
To identify the early changes of surfactant secretion in response to acute oxidant stress, the authors evaluated morphometrically… 
1987
1987
Modified lamellar body phospholipid assay compared with L/S ratio and phosphatidylglycerol assay for assessment of fetal pulmonary status.
We used a modified lamellar body phospholipid (LB-PL) assay to evaluate the effect of sample processing and to evaluate the… 
1987
1987
Lung Maturation in the Hyperinsulinemic Rat Fetus
ABSTRACT.: Hyperinsulinemic rat fetuses were obtained either by repeated in utero injections of long-acting insulin (resulting in… 
1980
1980
Freeze-fracture study of pulmonary lamellar body membranes in solid crystal phase.
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