Do ethnicity and insurance status affect health disparities in patients with gallstone disease?
In our population, ethnicity and insurance status do play a role in the presentation and care of patients with gallstone disease. Latino and uninsured patients present with a higher complexity of disease and require interventions more frequently.
These data show that surfactant, SP-A and TGF-β, influence epithelial repair in vitro and that the microvascular endothelial cells can modulate the response. This indicates that surfactant and SP-A could play a role in alveolar epithelial repair and that the microvascular endothelium may be involved in these processes.