TY - JOUR AU - Horimasu, Yasushi AU - Hattori, Noboru AU - Ishikawa, Nobuhisa AU - Tanaka, Sonosuke AU - Bonella, Francesco AU - Ohshimo, Shinichiro AU - Guzman, Josune AU - Costabel, Ulrich AU - Kohno, Nobuoki PY - 2014 DA - 2014/01/08 TI - Differences in serum SP-D levels between German and Japanese subjects are associated with SFTPDgene polymorphisms JO - BMC Medical Genetics SP - 4 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - Surfactant protein A (SP-A) and SP-D are clinically established in Japan as serum biomarkers for diagnosing interstitial lung diseases (ILDs). Serum SP-D levels are affected by genetic variants. We conducted the present study to examine whether serum SP-A and/or SP-D levels in healthy subjects (HS) and patients with ILDs differ between populations with different genetic backgrounds. SN - 1471-2350 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-15-4 DO - 10.1186/1471-2350-15-4 ID - Horimasu2014 ER -