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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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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KGF increases SP-A and SP-D mRNA levels and secretion in cultured rat alveolar type II cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 1998 Feb; 18(2):168-78.