A comparison of the molecular species compositions of mammalian lung surfactant phospholipids
AD Postle, EL Heeley, DC Wilton - … and Physiology Part A: Molecular & …, 2001 - Elsevier
While dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (PC16: 0/16: 0) is essential for pulmonary surfactant
function, roles for other individual molecular species of surfactant phospholipids have not
been established. If any phospholipid species other than PC16: 0/16: 0 is important for
surfactant function, then it may be conserved across animal species. Consequently, we have
quantified, by electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry, molecular species compositions of
phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylglycerol (PG) and phosphatidylinositol (PI) in …
function, roles for other individual molecular species of surfactant phospholipids have not
been established. If any phospholipid species other than PC16: 0/16: 0 is important for
surfactant function, then it may be conserved across animal species. Consequently, we have
quantified, by electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry, molecular species compositions of
phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylglycerol (PG) and phosphatidylinositol (PI) in …