Surfactant protein A and stable microbubble formation in tracheal aspirates
| Autor: | K B, Cheong, S K, Cheong, N Y, Boo |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Newborn Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Proteins Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A Proteolipids Infant Newborn Reproducibility of Results Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Pulmonary Surfactants Serum Albumin Bovine Microspheres Trachea Inhalation Animals Humans Cattle |
| Zdroj: | The Malaysian journal of pathology. 18(2) |
| ISSN: | 0126-8635 |
| Popis: | This study aimed to determine the role of surfactant protein A (SP-A) in the formation of stable microbubble in tracheal aspirates. Our results showed that as the concentration of anti SP-A antibodies added to tracheal aspirate specimens increased, the number of stable microbubble formed in the specimen decreased. The correlation between stable microbubble counts and the SP-A levels in the tracheal aspirates was good, r = 0.85, p0.05. This study suggests that SP-A plays an important role in stable microbubble formation. Measurement of small stable microbubbles is thus a useful bedside test for predicting the SP-A activity in the tracheal aspirates and in indirect measurement of lung maturity. |
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