Diverse Functions of Pulmonary Collectins in Host Defense of the Lung

<table>Structural organization of pulmonary collectins. SP-A forms a bouquet-like octadecamer assembled from six trimers, while SP-D forms a cruciform dodecamer assembled from four trimers. A subpopulation of SP-D forms a multimerized oligomer associated with their N-termini.</table>

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Figure 1: Diverse Functions of Pulmonary Collectins in Host Defense of the Lung 