In defense of the lung: surfactant protein A and surfactant protein D.

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Summary

The pulmonary collectins--surfactant proteins A and D--play important roles in innate host defense by binding and clearing invading microbes from the lung, and are targets for clinical therapies designed to limit the proliferation of microoorgansims and to ameliorate inflammation following pulmonary infection.

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review
Published
2006-06-01
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Keywords

Collectin, Surfactant protein A, Pulmonary surfactant, Innate immune system, Lung

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