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JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
Volume 139, Issue 1, Pages 85-92Publisher
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DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2001.114545
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL-54187, HL-54703, HL-56387] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective: To determine the contribution of surfactant protein abnormalities to the development of chronic lung injury in a familiar form of interstitial lung disease. Study design: An 11-year-old girl, her sister, and their mother who were diagnosed wit-h chronic interstitial lung disease underwent laboratory investigation of surfactant protein expression in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and lung biopsy specimens. Nineteen patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and 9 patients who were investigated for pulmonary malignancy but who did not have interstitial lung disease served as control subjects. Results: The 3 family members were found to have absent surfactant protein C (SP-C) and decreased levels of SP-A and SP-B in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). Immunostaining for pulmonary surfactant proteins in lung biopsy specimens obtained fr om both children demonstrated a marked decrease of pro-SP-C in the alveolar epithelial cells but strong staining for pro-SP-B, SP-B, SP-A, and SP-D. No deviations from published surfactant protein B or C coding sequences were identified by DNA sequence analysis. All control subjects had a detectable level of SP-C in the BALF. Conclusion: The apparent absence of SP-C and a decrease in the levels of SP-A and SP-B are associated with familial interstitial lung disease.
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