Recent advances in alveolar biology: Evolution and function of alveolar proteins

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 173, Issue SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Orgeig, Sandra ^a   Hiemstra, Pieter S ^b   Veldhuizen, Edwin J A ^c   Casals, Cristina ^d   Clark, Howard W ^e   Haczku, Angela ^f   Knudsen, Lars ^g   Possmayer, Fred ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airways; Allergic response; Alveolar lipoproteinosis; Alveolar proteins; Anti inflammatory response; Bacterial aggregation; Binding affinity; Cathelicidins; Collectins; Defensins; Deficiency; Hemagglutination inhibition activity; Innate host defence; Lamellar body size and number; Oligomerization; Pro inflammatory response; Sensitization; SP A; SP C; SP D; Surfactant homeostasis; Surfactant proteins; Type II cell hypertrophy and hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN; COLLECTIN; DEFENSIN; LUNG SURFACTANT; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; SURFACTANT PROTEIN D;

ALLERGY; EVOLUTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA; LUNG ALVEOLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; COLLECTINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LUNG DISEASES; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77955653008     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2010.04.023     Document Type: Review

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