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Blanco, O., Cruz, A., Ospina, O.L., Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Vázquez, L., Pérez-Gil, J.: BBA-Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012;1818(11):2756-66. To access the full article, click here: Surfacen® is a clinical surfactant preparation of porcine origin, partly depleted of cholesterol, which is widely used in Cuba to treat pre-term babies

Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Ospina, O.L., Echaide, M., Taeusch, H.W., Pérez-Gil, J.: Biophys J. 2012;103(7):1451-9. To access the full article, click here: Dysfunction of pulmonary surfactant in the lungs is associated with respiratory pathologies such as acute respiratory distress syndrome or meconium aspiration syndrome. Serum, cholesterol, and

Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Echaide, M., Cruz, A., Taeusch, H.W., Perez-Gil, J. Biophys J. 2011;100(3):646-55. To access the full article, click here: Mechanisms for meconium-induced inactivation of pulmonary surfactant as part of the meconium aspiration syndrome in newborn infants, to our knowledge, are not clearly understood. Here we