In COPD, the lung may express even greater variability, since the airways may be affected even more than the parenchyma. Emphysema is patchy at the same time, while the airways and local areas in ...

The discovery of a lung-specific autoantigen, the loss of tolerance to which can result in autoimmune-mediated lung disease, has provided an explanation for the common pulmonary complications of ...

Children diagnosed with interstitial lung disease often survive into adulthood, when they are likely to need care for related impairments.

The UAB ILD Center offers clinical trial enrollment for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other forms of diffuse parenchymal lung disease as part of a multidisciplinary and integrated ...

The following is a summary of “Development of the pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary vascular resistance, six minute walk distance, B-type natriuretic peptide, age (PVD-B65) risk score for patients with ...

ILD: Interstitial lung disease. Proteomics targets the elucidation of the disease mechanisms and detection of new biomarkers for early diagnosis and/or differential diagnosis of a specific disease.