Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein B definition

Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein B
SP-B Protein; SP-B Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein; Surfactant Protein SP-B; Pulmonary Surfactant Associated Protein B; Pulmonary Surfactant Associated Protein SP B; SP B Protein; SP B Pulmonary Surfactant Associated Protein
A pulmonary surfactant associated-protein that plays an essential role in alveolar stability by lowering the surface tension at the air-liquid interface. Inherited deficiency of pulmonary surfactant-associated protein B is one cause of RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN.