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Differences in serum SP-D levels between German and Japanese subjects are associated with SFTPD gene polymorphisms

BACKGROUND: Surfactant protein A (SP-A) and SP-D are clinically established in Japan as serum biomarkers for diagnosing interstitial lung diseases (ILDs). Serum SP-D levels are affected by genetic variants. We conducted the present study to examine whether serum SP-A and/or SP-D levels in healthy su...

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Autores principales: Horimasu, Yasushi, Hattori, Noboru, Ishikawa, Nobuhisa, Tanaka, Sonosuke, Bonella, Francesco, Ohshimo, Shinichiro, Guzman, Josune, Costabel, Ulrich, Kohno, Nobuoki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3893448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24400879
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-15-4