Surfactant Protein D Binds to Coxiella burnetii and Results in a Decrease in Interactions with Murine Alveolar Macrophages

Kelly A. Soltysiak; Erin J. van Schaik; James E. Samuel

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0136699

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Surfactant Protein D Binds to Coxiella burnetii and Results in a Decrease in Interactions with Murine Alveolar Macrophages

Kelly A. Soltysiak,

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis & Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America
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Erin J. van Schaik,

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis & Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America
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James E. Samuel

* E-mail: jsamuel@medicine.tamhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis & Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America
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Surfactant Protein D Binds to Coxiella burnetii and Results in a Decrease in Interactions with Murine Alveolar Macrophages

Kelly A. Soltysiak,
Erin J. van Schaik,
James E. Samuel

Published: September 14, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136699

About the Authors

Kelly A. Soltysiak

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis & Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Erin J. van Schaik

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis & Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

James E. Samuel

* E-mail: jsamuel@medicine.tamhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis & Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS EVS JS. Performed the experiments: KS. Analyzed the data: KS EVS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS JS. Wrote the paper: KS EVS.

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