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From: Pneumocystis murina colonization in immunocompetent surfactant protein A deficient mice following environmental exposure

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Analysis of the development and clearance of P. murina colonization in immunocompetent SP-A deficient (KO) mice over time. Immunocompetent KO mice between 2 and 18 weeks of age with no experimental exposure to P. murina were sacrificed, RNA extracted from the lungs and cDNA synthesized. P. murina large mitochondrial ribosomal RNA gene (mtLSU) mRNA levels were quantitated in the samples by qPCR. The data are the mean ± the SEM and are expressed as P. murina nuclei per reaction. *p < 0.05 vs. 8–10 week old group as determined by ANOVA. Each group contained at least 5 mice.

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