TY - BOOK AU - Ramy Mohamed Soliman AU - Ahmed Serage Eldin Alhalfawy , AU - Marianne Samir Makboul , AU - Nariman Abdelrahman Helmy , TI - Effect of inhaled corticosteroids on serum surfactant protein D , a biomarker of inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ramy Mohamed Soliman , KW - A biomarker of inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease KW - Effect of inhaled corticosteroids on serum surfactant protein D KW - SP - D N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis; Issued also as CD N2 - Surfactant protein D ( SP - D ) belongs to the collectin family of innate immune molecules . SP - D was originally identified as a lung protein and is synthesized by epithelial type II cells of the alveoli and non ciliated bronchiolar cells ( Clara cells ) . SP - D is further synthesized by epithelial cells at various mucocal surfaces in non pulmonary organs ER -