RT Journal Article
T1 Strategies to protect surfactant and enhance its activity
A1 De Luca, Daniele
A1 Autilio, Chiara
AB The knowledge about surfactant biology is now deeper and recent research has allowed to clarify its role in several human lung disorders. The balance between surfactant production and consumption is better known and the same applies to their regulatory mechanisms. This has allowed to hypothesize and investigate several new and original strategies to protect surfactant and enhance its activity. These interventions are potentially useful for several disorders and particularly for acute respiratory distress syndrome. We here highlight the mechanisms regulating surfactant consumption, encompassing surfactant catabolism but also surfactant injury due to other mechanisms, in a physiopathologydriven fashion. We then analyze each corresponding strategy to protect surfactant and enhance its activity. Some of these strategies are more advanced in terms of research & development pathway, some others are still investigational, but all are promising and deserve a joint effort from clinical-academic researchers and the industry.
PB Elsevier
SN 2319-4170
YR 2021
FD 2021-08-05
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/4819
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/4819
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 abr 2025