Defective CSF2RA causes SMDP4

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R-HSA-5688890
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Homo sapiens
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Defective CSF2RA causes pulmonary surfactant metabolism dysfunction 4 (SMDP4)
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Surfactant catabolism by alveolar macrophages plays a small but critical part in surfactant recycling and metabolism. Upon ligand binding, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor (GM-CSFR), a heterodimer of alpha (CSF2RA) and beta (CSF2RB) subunits, initiates a signalling process that not only induces proliferation, differentiation and functional activation of hematopoietic cells but can also determine surfactant uptake into alveolar macrophages and its degradation via clathrin-coated vesicles. Defects in human CSF2RA can cause pulmonary surfactant metabolism dysfunction 4 (SMDP4; MIM:300770, aka congenital pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, (PAP)), a rare lung disorder due to impaired surfactant homeostasis characterised by alveoli filling with floccular material. Cellular responses to the misfolded pro-SFTPC products include ER stress, the activation of reactive oxygen species and autophagy. Excessive lipoprotein accumulation in the alveoli results in a form of respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants (RDS; MIM:267450) (Whitsett et al. 2015).
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PubMed ID Title Journal Year
25621661 Diseases of pulmonary surfactant homeostasis

Whitsett, JA, Weaver, TE, Wert, SE

Annu Rev Pathol 2015
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newborn respiratory distress syndrome DOID:12716 Neonatal respiratory Distress syndrome, hyaline membrane disease, HMD - Hyaline membrane disease, pulmonary hypoperfusion syndrome of newborn, respiratory distress syndrome of newborn, pulmonary hyaline membrane disease
pulmonary alveolar proteinosis DOID:12120
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