Research lines with recent publications

• Synergies among anti-infective factors of the lung and antimicrobial drugs
• Potential therapeutic application of recombinant forms of human surfactant protein A (SP-A)
• Alveolar niche signals that modulate macrophage activation in health and disease
• SP-A-induced signaling pathways that mediate alveolar macrophage activation
• Importance of defense collagens as pattern recognition receptors
• Role of pulmonary surfactant lipids in immune protection against infection and inflammation
• Strategies for drug delivery in nanoparticles for inhalatory administration in respiratory diseases
• Molecular mechanisms of inactivation of pulmonary surfactant in respiratory diseases