Lung Diseases: News and Research on Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

MeSH tree: C08.381.719

When macrophage digestion goes wrong

The exchange of gases between the air we breathe and our blood takes place via alveoli—tiny air sacs in our lungs. For this process to run smoothly, the epithelial cells of the alveoli produce a substance called "surfactant" ...