Hypocapnia, mitochondria and surfactant secretion

Beata Kosmider^{1

2

3}, Karim Bahmed^{1

2}, Steven Kelsen^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Center for Inflammation, Translational and Clinical Lung Research, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Department of Physiology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Editorial

Beata Kosmider et al. Thorax. 2019 Mar.

. 2019 Mar;74(3):213-214.

doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-212624. Epub 2019 Jan 12.

Beata Kosmider^{1

2

3}, Karim Bahmed^{1

2}, Steven Kelsen^{1

2}

¹ Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Center for Inflammation, Translational and Clinical Lung Research, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Department of Physiology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: surfactant protein.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Dead space ventilation promotes alveolar hypocapnia reducing surfactant secretion by altering mitochondrial function.
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