Surfactant Protein D Is Altered in Experimental Malaria-Associated Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

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Representative photomicrographs of SP-D expression in the lung tissues. (a) Lung tissue of the mice in the control group, (b) lung tissue of the malaria-infected mice in the non-ALI/ARDS group, and (c) lung tissue of the malaria-infected mice with ALI/ARDS. All the images are magnified 400×. Scale bar = 20 μm. Notice alveolar type I cells are thin and flat whereas alveolar type II cells are cuboidal. Alveolar macrophages are pleomorphic in shape, adhered to the internal surface of alveolar septum.

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