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Multimerization of surfactant protein D, but not its collagen domain, is required for antiviral and opsonic activities related to influenza virus.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Dec 2008
White Mitchell, Kingma Paul, Tecle Tesfaldet, Kacak Nilgun, Linders Bruce, Heuser John, Crouch Erika, Hartshorn Kevan
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Surfactant protein D (SP-D) plays important roles in the initial innate defense against influenza A virus (IAV). The collagen domain of SP-D is probably critical for its homeostatic functions in vivo and has been implicated in the modulation of macrophage responses to SP-D-ligand complexes. For t...
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