Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is linked to alterations in gut microbial communities and dysregulated mucosal immune responses (Ott et al., 2004; Frank et al., 2007 ...

Pulmonary surfactant is a mixture of phospholipids and proteins synthesized in alveolar type-II cells that is necessary for maintaining alveolar expansion at end-expiration. Phospholipids comprise ...