Lung Surfactant - X-Ray and Neutron Diffraction

Skita, Victor

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Type: First Independent Research Support & Transition (FIRST) Awards (R29)
• Project #: 5R29HL045284-05
• Application #: 2222047
• Study Section: Pathology A Study Section (PTHA)
• Project Start: 1991-04-01
• Project End: 1997-03-31
• Budget Start: 1995-04-01
• Budget End: 1997-03-31
• Support Year: 5
• Fiscal Year: 1995

Institution

• Name: University of Connecticut
• Department: Radiation-Diagnostic/Oncology
• Type: Schools of Medicine
• City: Farmington
• State: CT
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 06030

Publications

Swendsen, C L; Skita, V; Thrall, R S (1996) Alterations in surfactant neutral lipid composition during the development of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Biochim Biophys Acta 1301:90-6

Skita, V; Chester, D W; Oliver, C J et al. (1995) Bilayer characteristics of a diether phosphonolipid analog of the major lung surfactant glycerophospholipid dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine. J Lipid Res 36:1116-27

Young, H S; Skita, V; Mason, R P et al. (1992) Molecular basis for the inhibition of 1,4-dihydropyridine calcium channel drugs binding to their receptors by a nonspecific site interaction mechanism. Biophys J 61:1244-55