A Nonselective Cation Channel in Adult Alveolar Epithelial Cells

OBJECTIVE: Efficient gas exchange across the alveolar membrane requires a dry air space. At birth, active Na+ transport provides the major driving force for absorption of fetal lung liquid, and during adult life, similar transport mechanisms balance fluid exchange across the alveolarcapillary membra...

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Main Authors: Beverley A Orser, Jeffrey D Edelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1994-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1994/357537
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