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Human SP-A genetic variants and bleomycin-induced cytokine production by THP-1 cells: effect of ozone-induced SP-A oxidation
4 Feb 2004
Abstract excerpt
Surfactant protein A (SP-A) plays a role in innate host defense. Human SP-A is encoded by two functional genes (SP-A1 and SP-A2), and several alleles have been characterized for each gene. We assessed the effect of in vitro expressed human SP-A genetic variants, on TNF-alpha and IL-8 production by THP-1 cells in the presence of bleomycin, either before or after ozone-induced oxidation of the variants. The...
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