| Literature DB >> 1325783 |
J F Van Iwaarden1, H Shimizu, P H Van Golde, D R Voelker, L M Van Golde.
Abstract
Rat surfactant protein D (SP-D) was shown to enhance the production of oxygen radicals by rat alveolar macrophages. This enhancement, which was determined by a lucigenin-dependent chemiluminescence assay, was maximal after 18 min at an SP-D concentration of 0.2 micrograms/ml. Surfactant lipids did not influence the stimulation of alveolar macrophages by SP-D, whereas the oxygen-radical production of these cells induced by surfactant protein A was inhibited by the lipids in a concentration-dependent manner.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1325783 PMCID: PMC1133009 DOI: 10.1042/bj2860005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857