Concept information
Preferred term
Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein B
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Pulmonary Surfactant Associated Protein SP B
- Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein SP-B
- SP B Protein
- SP-B Protein
- SP B Pulmonary Surfactant Associated Protein
- SP-B Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein
- Surfactant Protein SP B
- Surfactant Protein SP-B
Scope note
- A pulmonary surfactant associated-protein that plays an essential role in alveolar stability by lowering the surface tension at the air-liquid interface. Inherited deficiency of pulmonary surfactant-associated protein B is one cause of RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN.
History note
- 2003; use PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN B (NM) 1989-2002
In other languages
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D037701
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