title: Pulmonary surfactant proteins A and D recognize lipid ligands on Mycoplasma pneumoniae and markedly augment the innate immune response to the organism.
authors.affiliation: Program in Cell Biology, Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206, USA.
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: Surapon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pattanajitvilai
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mitsuzawa
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuroki
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Dennis R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Voelker
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000276:immunology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008024:Ligands; D008055:Lipids / Q000276:immunology*; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D037662:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A / Q000276:immunology*; D037663:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein D / Q000276:immunology*; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D008055:Lipids; D037662:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A; D037663:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein D; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants