The pulmonary collectins, SP-A and SP-D, orchestrate innate immunity in the lung
Innate defenses in the lungEach day respiration moves 15,000 liters of air containing hundreds of microorganisms over the 150-m 2 respiratory epithelial surface.Most inhaled microbes are trapped on the mucus layer coating the nasal epithelium and upper respiratory tract and are transported by ciliar...
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| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | English |
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2002
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1172/jci0215293 http://www.jci.org/articles/view/15293/files/pdf |
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