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SUBMITTER: Barrow AD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4369396 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barrow Alexander D AD Palarasah Yaseelan Y Bugatti Mattia M Holehouse Alex S AS Byers Derek E DE Holtzman Michael J MJ Vermi William W Skjødt Karsten K Crouch Erika E Colonna Marco M
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20150225 7
Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is critical for maintenance of lung homeostasis and provides a first line of defense to pathogens at mucosal surfaces. Polymorphisms in the SP-D-encoding gene SFTPD have been associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and ulcerative colitis. Identification of the immunoreceptors that bind SP-D is essential for understanding its contribution to lung homeostasis and mucosal defense. We located a putative binding motif for the osteoclast-associated receptor (O ...[more]