- Concept UI
- M0097367
- Registry Numbers
- 0
- Scope Note
- An abundant pulmonary surfactant-associated protein that binds to a variety of lung pathogens, resulting in their opsinization. It also stimulates MACROPHAGES to undergo PHAGOCYTOSIS of microorganisms. Surfactant protein A contains a N-terminal collagen-like domain and a C-terminal lectin domain that are characteristic of members of the collectin family of proteins.
- Terms
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Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A
Preferred Term
Term UI
T480642
Date02/04/2002
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2003)
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SP-A Protein
Term UI
T127366
Date01/01/1955
LexicalTag
ACX
ThesaurusID
NLM (2003)
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Surfactant Protein A
Term UI
T127371
Date01/01/1955
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2003)