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. 2001 Jan 15;2(1):33–46. doi: 10.1186/rr36

Supplementary Table 1.

Main functions: surfactant delivery and epithelial repair

Function/product Functional significance Reference
Surfactant
 Synthesis
Components of surfactant
  Phospholipids Surface activity [186]
  Surfactant proteins
   A Tubular myelin formation [71,187,188]
Defence [33]
   B Absorption of lipid to monolayer [71,189]
   C [86]
   D Defence [34,190]
Components secreted together with surfactant
  Lysozyme Defence [35,191]
  Plasmalogens Protection against oxidation [192]
  Cathepsin H
 Maturation
  Intracellular cathepsin H Processing of SP-B [194]
Processing of SP-C [50]
 Secretion
Signal receptors
  β-adrenergic receptors [195,196]
  P1 purinoreceptors [197,198]
  P2Y purinoreceptors [198,199]
Components of exocytosis apparatus
  Microtubules [65]
  Actin [66]
  Annexin II [200]
  Annexin IV [201]
  Annexin VII (= Synexin) [202,203]
 Extracellular transformation
  α1-antitrypsin [2048]
  Convertase Conversion of lipid monolayer into vesicles [88,89,205]
 Recycling
  Receptor of SP-A [206]
  Lamellar body lysosomal enzymes
   Alkaline phosphatase Marker of type II cells [207]
   α-glucosidase [208]
   α-mannose [208]
Alveolar epithelial repair
Proliferation
  Cyclin A [209]
  Cyclins D1, D2 Proliferation, differentiation [210]
  Cyclin dependent phosphokinases Proliferation, differentiation [210]
  PTHRP Inhibition of proliferation [211]
  Calmodulin Proliferation, differentiation [212,213]
  Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein2 G1-arrest [214]
Differentiation
  Retinoic acid receptor Inhibition of differentiation [215]
  Aminopeptidase N [216]
Apoptosis
  CD95 (receptor of Fas-ligand) [134]
  Fas-ligand [138]
  Bax Pro-apoptotic peptide [217]
  Bcl-2 Anti-apoptotic peptide [138]
  Caspase-3 Execution caspase [138]