Lung surfactant proteins involved in inn
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Paul Eggleton; Kenneth BM Reid
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Article
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1999
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Elsevier Science
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English
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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 t