Pulmonary surfactant proteins A and D recognize lipid ligands on Mycoplasma pneumoniae and markedly augment the innate immune response to the organism.
Chiba
Hirofumi
H
Program in Cell Biology, Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206, USA.
Pattanajitvilai
Surapon
S
Mitsuzawa
Hiroaki
H
Kuroki
Yoshio
Y
Evans
Amanda
A
Voelker
Dennis R
DR
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*
D008024:Ligands; D008055:Lipids; D037662:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A; D037663:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein D; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants