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Surfactant protein D alters allergic lung responses in mice and human subjects.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 May 2008
Brandt Eric B, Mingler Melissa K, Stevenson Michelle D, Wang Ning, Khurana Hershey Gurjit K, Whitsett Jeffrey A, Rothenberg Marc E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Surfactant protein (SP) D has been proposed to be protective in allergic airway responses. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine the effect of SP-D deficiency on murine and human airway allergy. METHODS: Immunologic responses of SP-D gene-deficient mice (Sftpd-/-) at baseline and after 4 intranasal Aspergillus fumigatus exposures were assessed. In addition, the significance of a single nucleotide...
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