The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Surfactant Protein B across different species:

surfactant protein B (SFTPB), surfactant protein B (Sftpb), surfactant protein B (LOC780758), surfactant protein B (SP-B), surfactant associated protein B (Sftpb)

Other aliases include:

SP-B, PSP-B, SFTB3, SFTP3, SMDP1, Sp-b, SFTPB, SPBS, MGC140803

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Surfactant Protein B:

surfactant, pulmonary-associated protein B – OTTHUMP00000203253 – Pulmonary surfactant-associated protein B, 18kD – pulmonary surfactant-associated protein B – surfactant associated protein B – surfactant pulmonary-associated protein B – pulmonary surfactant-associated proteolipid SPL(Phe) – surfactant protein B – 6 kDa protein

Surfactant Protein B fulfills a number of functions:

lipid metabolic process – organ morphogenesis – respiratory gaseous exchange – sphingolipid metabolic process – molecular_function

Surfactant Protein B is relevant to the following processes:

extracellular region – extracellular space – lysosome – lipid metabolic process – regulation of liquid surface tension – respiratory gaseous exchange – sphingolipid metabolic process

Locations for Surfactant Protein B:

cytoplasm – extracellular region – extracellular space – lysosome

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology