Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein D
"Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein D" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An abundant pulmonary surfactant-associated protein that binds to a variety of lung pathogens and enhances their opsinization and killing by phagocytic cells. Surfactant protein D contains a N-terminal collagen-like domain and a C-terminal lectin domain that are characteristic of members of the collectin family of proteins.
| Descriptor ID |
D037663
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.503.280.249.625 D12.776.823.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein D- Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein D
- Pulmonary Surfactant Associated Protein D
- Lung Protein D
- Surfactant-Associated Glycoprotein D
- Surfactant Associated Glycoprotein D
- Surfactant Protein D
- SP-D
- Pulmonary Surfactant Protein D
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