Increased levels of surfactant protein A and D in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids in patients with bronchial asthma
Increased levels of surfactant protein A and D in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids in patients with bronchial asthma
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DOI:
10.1183/09031936.00.16583100
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发表时间:
2000-11-01
影响因子:
24.3
通讯作者:
Fukuda, T
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作者:
Cheng, G;Ueda, T;Fukuda, T
Surfactant proteins (SP)-A and SP-D are collagen-like glycoproteins belonging to the "collectin" class of C-type lectins, which are primarily synthesized in type II cells. Recent studies reported the possibility of local production of SP-A and SP-D in the airways, but the amounts of surfactant proteins in patients with bronchial asthma have not been studied.The composition of surfactant proteins in mild, stable asthmatics in the first lavage as branchial lavage (BL) and the second and third lavages consecutively as alveolar lavages (AL) were therefore, analysed separately. The co-relationships in the BL between the amounts of surfactant proteins and those of fucose, which is one of the markers of submucosal secretion were also analysed.Increased amounts of SP-A in BL and AL of in asthmatics were found as compared with those in controls. A high concentration of SP-D in the AL asthma patients was also found. The levels of SP-A correlated with those of fucose in patients with branchial asthma (r=0.849, p