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The surfactant protein C mutation A116D alters cellular processing, stress tolerance, surfactant lipid composition, and immune cell activation.
BMC pulmonary medicine - 29 Mar 2012
Zarbock Ralf, Woischnik Markus, Sparr Christiane, Thurm Tobias, Kern Sunčana, Kaltenborn Eva, Hector Andreas, Hartl Dominik, Liebisch Gerhard, Schmitz Gerd, Griese Matthias
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Surfactant protein C (SP-C) is important for the function of pulmonary surfactant. Heterozygous mutations in SFTPC, the gene encoding SP-C, cause sporadic and familial interstitial lung disease (ILD) in children and adults. Mutations mapping to the BRICHOS domain located within the SP-C proprotein result in perinuclear aggregation of the proprotein. In this study, we investigated the effects of the...
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