Role of Surfactant Protein D in Experimental Otitis Media

• Main Authors: Osama Abdel-Razek (Author), Tianyi Liu (Author), Xinghua Chen (Author), Qiushi Wang (Author), Gautam Vanga (Author), Guirong Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is a C-type collectin and plays an important role in innate immunity and homeostasis in the lung. This study studied SP-D role in the nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi)-induced otitis media (OM) mouse model. Wild-type C57BL/6 (WT) and SP-D knockout (KO) mice were u...