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Surfactant protein A, an innate immune factor, is expressed in the vaginal mucosa and is present in vaginal lavage fluid

Surfactant protein A (SP-A), first identified as a component of the lung surfactant system, is now recognized to be an important contributor to host defence mechanisms. SP-A can facilitate phagocytosis by opsonizing bacteria, fungi and viruses, stimulate the oxidative burst by phagocytes and modulat...

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Autores principales: MacNeill, Colin, Umstead, Todd M, Phelps, David S, Lin, Zhenwu, Floros, Joanna, Shearer, Debra A, Weisz, Judith
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: Blackwell Science Inc 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1782386/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14678203
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2567.2003.01782.x
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