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Pulmonary surfactant is a surface-active lipoprotein complex (phospholipoprotein) formed by type II alveolar cells. The proteins and lipids that make up the surfactant have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions.
5-22 Review Article Pulmonary surfactants and their role in pathophysiology of lung disorders Aparna Akella & Shripad B Deshpande* Department of Physiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India Surfactant is an agent that decreases the surface tension between two media.