mortality/aging
respiratory system
• 13-fold increase in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
• however, serum levels are normal
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• with milky bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
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• hyperplastic
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• of alveolar type II cells
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• by 4 months of age
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• surfactant uptake into alveolar type II cells is impaired
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• increased surfactant protein A by 2 weeks of age and increasing with time
• increased surfactant protein A, B, C and D in whole lung lysate
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homeostasis/metabolism
• 13-fold increase in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
• however, serum levels are normal
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• 8-fold increase of phosphatidylcholine in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
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• with milky bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
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growth/size/body
• by 14 months of age
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cellular
• of enlarged foamy macrophages with surfactant-laden phagosomes and cholesterol clefts in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
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immune system
• of enlarged foamy macrophages with surfactant-laden phagosomes and cholesterol clefts in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
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hematopoietic system
• of enlarged foamy macrophages with surfactant-laden phagosomes and cholesterol clefts in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
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