A substance formed by type II alveolar cells composed of surface-active lipoprotein complex (phospholipoprotein). [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_surfactant ]
Synonyms: type II pneumocyte secretion alveolar surfactant lung surfactant
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Term information
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cross reference
- FMA:62780
- MA:0002534
- MESH:D011663 (https://github.com/biopragmatics/biomappings)
- Wikipedia:Pulmonary_surfactant
- NCIT:C13273
- EMAPA:36551
- UMLS:C0034085 (ncithesaurus:Lung_Surfactant)
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Term relations
Equivalent to:
Subclass of:
- respiratory system fluid/secretion
- produced by some pulmonary alveolar type 2 cell
- has part some lipoprotein