Surfactant Protein A-Deficient Mice Are Susceptible to Group B Streptococcal Infection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 4336-4340

  Levine, Ann Marie ^a   Bruno, Michael D ^a   Huelsman, Karen M ^a   Ross, Gary F ^a   Whitsett, Jeffrey A ^a   Korfhagen, Thomas R ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT; PROTEOLIPID; SURFACTANT ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPLEEN; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LUNG; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROTEOLIPIDS; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN A; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; SPLEEN; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0031132583     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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