Decreased Surfactant Protein A in Patients with Bacterial Pneumonia

Estimation of volume of epithelial lining fluid recovered by lavage using urea as marker of dilution

1986 • 1,093 citations

Surfactant chemical composition and biophysical activity in acute respiratory distress syndrome.

1991 • 647 citations

Pulmonary Surfactant Protein A Enhances the Host-defense Mechanism of Rat Alveolar Macrophages

1990 • 375 citations

Bronchoalveolar Lavage for Diagnosing Acute Bacterial Pneumonia

1987 • 321 citations

Surfactant-associated protein inhibits phospholipid secretion from type II cells

1987 • 200 citations

Limitations of Using Urea to Quantify Epithelial Lining Fluid Recovered by Bronchoalveolar Lavage^1–3

1987 • 191 citations

Abnormalities in Lung Elastic Properties and Surfactant Function in Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

1979 • 186 citations

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibits expression of pulmonary surfactant protein.

1990 • 121 citations

Increased Recovery of Surfactant Protein A in AIDS-related Pneumonia

1991 • 118 citations

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Abnormalities in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Phospholipids

1988 • 91 citations

Altered Pulmonary Surfactant in Uncomplicated and Septicemia-Complicated Courses of Acute Respiratory Failure

1990 • 84 citations

Characteristics of Human Surfactant-Associated Glyoproteins A

1985 • 79 citations

Fluid Dynamics during Bronchoalveolar Lavage

1988 • 79 citations

Detection and partial characterization of antibacterial factor(s) in alveolar lining material of rats.

1983 • 71 citations

Deficient lung surfactant apoproteins in amniotic fluid with mature phospholipid profile from diabetic pregnancies

1984 • 67 citations

Effect of alveolar lining material on phagocytic and bactericidal activity of lung macrophages against Staphylococcus aureau.

1976 • 57 citations

Intratracheal Surfactant Administration Restores Gas Exchange in Experimental Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome Associated With Viral Pneumonia

1991 • 57 citations

O2- and pneumonia-induced lung injury. I. Pathological and morphometric studies

1989 • 56 citations

O2- and pneumonia-induced lung injury. II. Properties of pulmonary surfactant

1989 • 51 citations

Surfactant associated protein (SAP-35) in amniotic fluid from diabetic and nondiabetic pregnancies.

1987 • 48 citations

Surfactant-associated Proteins in Tracheal Aspirates of Infants with Respiratory Distress Syndrome after Surfactant Therapy

1988 • 45 citations

Surfactant “apoproteins” in human amniotic fluid: An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the prenatal assessment of lung maturity

1982 • 45 citations

Variation of differential cell counts of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.

1986 • 42 citations

Changes in pulmonary surfactant during bacterial pneumonia

1991 • 39 citations

Structure and function of pulmonary surfactant proteins.

1988 • 35 citations

Structural relationships of the major glycoproteins from human alveolar proteinosis surfactant

1987 • 35 citations

Changes in Phosphatidylglycerol in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluids from Patients with Cryptogenic Fibrosing Alveolitis

1989 • 34 citations

Atelectasis with Pneumonia

1964 • 34 citations

Effect of Pulmonary Pathogens on Surfactant

1968 • 11 citations