Browsing Dissertations and Theses by Author "Baker, Anna DeLane"
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The role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma in surfactant catabolism in the alveolar macrophage
Baker, Anna DeLane (East Carolina University, 2009)Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a lung disease characterized by surfactant accumulation in the alveolar spaces and alveolar macrophages. Although PAP is rare, surfactant abnormalities occur in many lung diseases ...