Is Altered Surfactant Protein Gene Expression in Peripheral Blood Associated with COVID-19 Disease Severity?

Diagnostics (Basel) · 2025 · PMC12249442 · PMID 40647689

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For SFTPA2, expression increased 5.13-fold in the severe group compared to the asymptomatic COVID-19-positive patient group and 50.02-fold compared to the mild group, both changes being highly significant ( p < 0.0001).

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