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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and inhaled steroids alter surfactant protein D (SP-D) levels: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Surfactant protein D (SP-D), an innate immune molecule, plays an important protective role during airway inflammation. Deficiency of this molecule induces emphysematous changes in murine lungs, but its significance in human COPD remains unclear. METHODS: We collected bronchoalveolar lava...

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Autores principales: Sims, Michael W, Tal-Singer, Ruth M, Kierstein, Sonja, Musani, Ali I, Beers, Michael F, Panettieri, Reynold A, Haczku, Angela
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2249580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18226251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-9-13