Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A
"Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An abundant pulmonary surfactant-associated protein that binds to a variety of lung pathogens, resulting in their opsinization. It also stimulates MACROPHAGES to undergo PHAGOCYTOSIS of microorganisms. Surfactant protein A contains a N-terminal collagen-like domain and a C-terminal lectin domain that are characteristic of members of the collectin family of proteins.
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D037662
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.503.280.249.600 D12.776.823.100
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A" by people in Profiles.
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Gad A, Callender DL, Killeen E, Hudak J, Dlugosz MA, Larson JE, Cohen JC, Chander A. Transient in utero disruption of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator causes phenotypic changes in alveolar type II cells in adult rats. BMC Cell Biol. 2009 Mar 31; 10:24.
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Tagaram HR, Wang G, Umstead TM, Mikerov AN, Thomas NJ, Graff GR, Hess JC, Thomassen MJ, Kavuru MS, Phelps DS, Floros J. Characterization of a human surfactant protein A1 (SP-A1) gene-specific antibody; SP-A1 content variation among individuals of varying age and pulmonary health. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2007 May; 292(5):L1052-63.
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White MK, Strayer DS. Survival signaling in type II pneumocytes activated by surfactant protein-A. Exp Cell Res. 2002 Nov 1; 280(2):270-9.