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The surfactant system protects both fetus and newborn.
Neonatology - 1 Jan 2013
Hallman Mikko
Abstract excerpt
Surfactant complex and its individual components decrease surface tension, silence inflammatory responses, bind and destroy air-borne microbes, facilitate phagocytosis by alveolar macrophages and bind endogenous and exogenous molecules. Surfactant components generally decrease harmful inflammator...
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