Supplementary Table 2

Supplementary functions: alveolar fluid balance, host defence, coagulation-fibrinolysis, cytokines, growth factors, cell–cell interaction, extracellular matrix formation

Function/Product
Related to
Reference

Fluid and electrolyte balance


     Water channels


          Aquaporin 1

[218]
          Aquaporin 5

[219]
          Hg-insensitive channel (MIWC)

[220]
          Hg-sensitive channel (CHIP28)

[221]
     Ion channels


          H+-channel

[222]
          Na+-channel

[223]
          Cl--channel

[224]
     Ion pumps


          H+-pump
pH of hypophase fluid
[30]
          Cl-/HCO3-anion exchanger
In vitro
[225]
          Na+/H+-ion exchanger

[226]
          Na+/K+-atpase
Membrane potential
[223,227,228]
     Others


          Protein clearance

[229]
          Carbanhydrase II

[230]
Components of innate defence


     Surfactant components


          SP-A

[32,33]
          SP-D

[34,190]
          Lysozyme

[35,191]
     Antigen presentation


          MHC class II
Human (adult, foetal)
[231,232]

IFN-stimulation
[171]
          HLA class I
IFN-stimulation
[233]
          Fc-receptor
Cell line A549, not present in vivo
[234]
          CD80, CD86

[234]
     Complement complex


          C2, C3, C4, C5

[235]
     Antiproteases


          α1-antitrypsin

[236,237]
          Elafin
Cell line A549
[238]
          Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)

[239]
          MMP-inhibitors (TIMP)

[239]
     Oxidants


          NAD(P)H-oxidase

[240]
          Superoxide anion, hydrogen peroxide

[240]
     Antioxidants


          Glutathione

[241]
          γ-glutamyl transferase

[242]
          Plasmalogens
Protection of surfactant
[192]
          Mn superoxide dismutase (SOD)
In vitro
[243]
          Mn-, Cu-, Zi-SOD
In vitro
[244]
     Metabolism of Xenobiotics


          Cytochrome P-450 mono-oxygenase

[245]
Coagulation/fibrinolysis


     Fibrinogen

[246]
     Urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA)

[247]
     UPA receptor
IL-1β stimulation
[248]
     Plasminogen activator inhibitor (PA-I)

[247,249]
     Tissue factor
In bleomycin-induced injury
[249,250]
Cytokines/receptors

[251]
     Cytokines


          GM-CSF
In vitro
[165]
          IL-1β
Upon interaction with particles
[252]
          IL-4
Human, interstitial lung disease
[253]
          IL-6
Upon interaction with particles
[252]
          IL-8
IL-1, TNF-α stimulation
[254,255,256]
          IL-11
In vitro
[257]
          Interferon-γ
Human, interstitial lung disease
[253]
          MCP-1
In vitro
[258]
          RANTES
After TNF-α stimulation
[173]
          Tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α
Hyperplastic type II cells
[259,260]
     Cytokine receptors


          IL-2-receptor
In vitro
[261]
          TNF-receptor
In vitro
[262]
          Lymphotoxin-β-receptor
Hyperplastic type II cells
[263]
Growth factors/receptors


     Growth factors


          Epidermal growth factor (EGF)
In vitro
[264]
          IGF-II

[214]
          Platelet derived growth factor (PDGF)
Idiopathic lung fibrosis
[182]
          TGF-α

[265]
          TGF-β
Hyperplastic type II cells
[266]
          TGF-β1
Hyperplastic type II cells
[267]
          TGF-β3
Normal type II cells
[268]
          Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)

[269]
     Growth factor receptors


          Basic fibroblast growth factor-receptor

[270]
          EGF-receptor

[271]
          Hepatocyte growth factor-receptor

[162]
          KGF-receptor
During ontogenesis
[272,273]
          IGF-receptor-1
Early postnatal phase
[274]
          IGF-receptor-2

[214]
Components of cell–cell interaction


     Gap junction proteins


          Connexin 43
Electric, ionic coupling
[142]
     Adhesion molecules


          CD44s, CD44v

[275]
          Ep-Cam

[146]
          E-cadherin

[276]
          ICAM-1
After TNF-α stimulation
[173,277]
          VCAM-1
After TNF-α stimulation
[173]
     Integrins


          α6 β1
In vitro
[278]
          α3 β1
In vitro
[278]
     Paracrine-acting molecules


          Endothelin-1
Human
[279]
               Endothelin receptor A
Rat cell line L2
[159]
          Prostaglandin E-2

[280]
          Prostacyclin

[280]
          Nitrogen oxide (NO)
In vitro
[281,282]
               Constitutive NO synthase
Human cell line A859
[283]
               Inducible NO synthase
In vitro, rat cell line L2
[281,284]
Components of extracellular matrix


          Entactin
Basal membrane, in vitro
[285]
          Laminin
Basal membrane, in vitro
[278]
          Fibronectin
In vitro
[286,287]
          Tenascin
Early organogenesis
[288]

Hyperplastic type II cells
[289]
          Proteoglycans
In vitro
[290]
          Collagen type IV

[291,292]

Fehrenbach Respiratory Research 2001 2:33   doi:10.1186/rr36