Article
The parotid secretory protein BPIFA2 is a salivary surfactant that affects LPS action
2020-02-10
Abstract excerpt
Saliva plays important roles in the mastication, swallowing and digestion of food, speech and lubrication of oral mucosa, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activity and control of body temperature in grooming animals. The salivary protein BPIFA2 (BPI fold containing family A member 2; former names: Parotid Secretory Protein, PSP, SPLUNC2, C20orf70) is related to lipid-binding and LPS-binding proteins expressed i...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 5fab17dc-ce24-5b6a-b7b1-b3f541da83fd
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.02.08.940163
