《英文msh词典》SP-A Protein
[入口词] SP-A Protein
[主题词] Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A
[药动学] Pulmonary Surfactants
[英文释义] 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.