prosurfactant

English

Alternative forms

• pro-surfactant

Etymology

From pro- +‎ surfactant.

Adjective

prosurfactant (not comparable)

1. That promotes the formation of surfactants, especially in lung tissue
   • 2016 February 10, “Heat Shock Protein 27 Plays a Pivotal Role in Myofibroblast Differentiation and in the Development of Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     A rabbit antibody to prosurfactant proteins-C (proSP-C) and a rabbit antibody to OPN were purchased from Millipore (Temecula, CA) and Rockland (Limeruck, PA), respectively.