… Our data strongly suggest that polymorphic … Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is a member of the
protein family of collectins that also includes mannose-binding lectin and surfactant protein A (…

… Indeed, the surfactant system participates in host defense on a much broader basis than …
with the common polymorphisms involving the genes encoding surfactant proteins are …

… is greatly increased when polymorphisms (eg … polymorphism, could cause and/or modify
the disease under study. It is within this context that the genes encoding the surfactant proteins (…

… The aim of this review is to summarize studies on genetic polymorphisms, structural variants,
and serum levels of human SP-A and SP-D and their associations with human pulmonary …

… Our meta-analysis revealed that common polymorphisms in the … any association between
common polymorphisms in the SP-… -analysis indicates that common polymorphisms in the SP-A …

… Variation in the genes of the surfactant proteins affects the expression and … Surfactant protein
(SP)–A and SP-D: protein structure and location of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)…

… Surfactant proteins play important … polymorphic variants of surfactant proteins, SP-A1,
SP-A2, SP-B, SP-C, and SP-D. One SP-A1 (6A 4 ) allele and single nucleotide polymorphisms (…

… Interestingly, we have already described association of Surfactant protein C with RSV
bronchitis in the same cohort [20]. This might further emphasis the importance of the Surfactant …

… to study whether the surfactant protein D (SP-D) gene polymorphism associates with severe
… Three biallelic SP-D gene polymorphisms were genotyped. Significant differences were …

… (RDS) is partly explained by genetic variation in the surfactant proteins (SP) SP-A and SP-B. …
However, the SP-B Ile131Thr polymorphism was associated with RDS. The threonine allele …