Collectins in urinary tract and kidney diseases

Surfactant Protein A Inhibits Growth and Adherence of UropathogenicEscherichia coliTo Protect the Bladder from Infection

(2017) Jiro Hashimoto et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

The immunology of atherosclerosis

(2017) Anton Gisterå et al.   Nature Reviews Nephrology

Surfactant protein-D (SP-D) gene polymorphisms and serum level as predictors of susceptibility and prognosis of acute kidney injury in the Chinese population

(2017) Jiao Liu et al.   BMC Nephrology

Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Atherosclerosis

(2016) Martin R. Bennett et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Global epidemiology of urinary tract infections

(2016) Zafer Tandogdu et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Comparative Study of Circulating MMP-7, CCL18, KL-6, SP-A, and SP-D as Disease Markers of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

(2016) Kosuke Hamai et al.   DISEASE MARKERS

Collectin-11 detects stress-induced L-fucose pattern to trigger renal epithelial injury

(2016) Conrad A. Farrar et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Non-Pulmonary Immune Functions of Surfactant Proteins A and D

(2016) Sylvia Ujma et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Innate immunity of surfactant proteins A and D in urinary tract infection with uropathogenic Escherichia coli

(2015) Fengqi Hu et al.   Innate Immunity

Immunolocalization of surfactant protein D in the liver from infants with cholestatic liver disease

(2015) Ryuta Saka et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY

Role of Surfactant Proteins A and D in Sepsis-Induced Acute Kidney Injury

(2015) Jiao Liu et al.   SHOCK

Pentraxins and Collectins: Friend or Foe during Pathogen Invasion?

(2015) Suan-Sin Foo et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Innate Immune Molecule Surfactant Protein D Attenuates Sepsis-induced Acute Pancreatic Injury through Modulating Apoptosis and NF-κB-mediated Inflammation

(2015) Zhiyong Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

Coronary artery calcification is increased in patients with COPD and associated with increased morbidity and mortality

(2014) Michelle C Williams et al.   THORAX

Epithelial Calreticulin Up-Regulation Promotes Profibrotic Responses and Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis Development

(2013) Niki Prakoura et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Serum surfactant protein D is associated with the prognosis in patients with chronic kidney disease

(2013) Fangyi Xie et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Lipopolysaccharide-induced expression of surfactant proteins A1 and A2 in human renal tubular epithelial cells

(2013) Jiao Liu et al.   Journal of Inflammation-London

Association Between Genetic Variations In Surfactant Protein D and Emphysema, Interstitial Pneumonia, and Lung Cancer in a Japanese Population

(2012) Takeo Ishii et al.   COPD-Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Genetic complexity of the human surfactant-associated proteins SP-A1 and SP-A2

(2012) Patricia Silveyra et al.   GENE

Structure and function of collectin liver 1 (CL-L1) and collectin 11 (CL-11, CL-K1)

(2012) Lana Selman et al.   IMMUNOBIOLOGY

Surfactant Protein D Inhibits Adherence of UropathogenicEscherichia colito the Bladder Epithelial Cells and the Bacterium-induced Cytotoxicity

(2012) Yuichiro Kurimura et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Collectin-11/MASP Complex Formation Triggers Activation of the Lectin Complement Pathway - The Fifth Lectin Pathway Initiation Complex

(2012) Ying Jie Ma et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

The Lectin Pathway of Complement Activation Is a Critical Component of the Innate Immune Response to Pneumococcal Infection

(2012) Youssif M. Ali et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Surfactant protein D inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression in human renal tubular epithelial cells: implication for tubulointerstitial fibrosis

(2011) F. Hu et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

Circulating surfactant protein-D and the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality

(2011) J. Hill et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Comparison of human blood concentrations of collectin kidney 1 and mannan-binding lectin

(2011) T. Yoshizaki et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Review: Structural determinants of pattern recognition by lung collectins

(2010) Barbara A. Seaton et al.   Innate Immunity

Collectin 11 (CL-11, CL-K1) Is a MASP-1/3-Associated Plasma Collectin with Microbial-Binding Activity

(2010) S. Hansen et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Mechanisms of Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis

(2010) M. Zeisberg et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

Atherosclerosis in CKD: differences from the general population

(2010) Tilman B. Drüeke et al.   Nature Reviews Nephrology

THE ROLE OF INNATE IMMUNITY IN SEPTIC ACUTE KIDNEY INJURIES

(2010) Giselle Martins Gonçalves et al.   SHOCK

Polymorphisms in the Surfactant Protein A Gene Are Associated with the Susceptibility to Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection in Chinese Women

(2010) Jiao Liu et al.   TOHOKU JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Pathogen Specific, IRF3-Dependent Signaling and Innate Resistance to Human Kidney Infection

(2010) Hans Fischer et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Uroplakins in urothelial biology, function, and disease

(2009) Xue-Ru Wu et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Surfactant protein D is expressed and modulates inflammatory responses in human coronary artery smooth muscle cells

(2008) Gary D. Snyder et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Surfactant Collectins and Innate Immunity

(2008) Henk P. Haagsman et al.   Neonatology

S-Nitrosylation of Surfactant Protein-D Controls Inflammatory Function

(2008) Chang-Jiang Guo et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Mechanisms of Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney Disease

(2007) S. M. Moe et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY