Evaluation of surfactant proteins A, B, C, and D in articular cartilage, synovial membrane and synovial fluid of healthy as well as patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Evaluation of surfactant proteins A, B, C, and D in articular cartilage, synovial membrane and synovial fluid of healthy as well as patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

OBJECTIVE:Surfactant Proteins (SPs) are well known from lung and form, along with phospholipids, a surface-active-layer at the liquid-air-interface of the alveolar lining. They play a major protective role by lowering surface tension, activating innate and adaptive immune defense at the lung mucosal...

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Main Authors: Nadine Hartjen, Lars Bräuer, Beate Reiß, Horst Claassen, Stephanie Beileke, Fabian Garreis, Sebastian Hoogeboom, Michael Tsokos, Saskia Etzold, Brigitte Müller-Hilke, Kolja Gelse, Thomas Müller, Mary B Goldring, Friedrich Paulsen, Martin Schicht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6147433?pdf=render

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