First Author | Eggleton P | Year | 1999 |
Journal | Curr Opin Immunol | Volume | 11 |
Issue | 1 | Pages | 28-33 |
PubMed ID | 10047533 | Mgi Jnum | J:53150 |
Mgi Id | MGI:1331335 | Doi | 10.1016/s0952-7915(99)80006-5 |
Citation | Eggleton P, et al. (1999) Lung surfactant proteins involved in innate immunity. Curr Opin Immunol 11(1):28-33 |
abstractText | The two lung surfactant collectins, surfactant protein (SP)-A and SP-D, are involved in host defence against infectious and allergenic agents via enhancement of killing and clearance by macrophages and neutrophils. Recent gene-knockout, protein engineering and physiological studies have emphasised the roles that SP-A and SP-D play in acute inflammatory responses. |