Circulating fibrocytes as prognostic biomarkers of autoimmune interstitial lung disease

Background Autoimmunity is a common cause of pulmonary fibrosis and can present either as a manifestation of an established connective tissue disease or as the recently described entity of interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features. The rate of progression and responsiveness to immunosuppressio...

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Main Authors: John Odackal, Victor Yu, Diana Gomez-Manjerres, Joshua J. Field, Marie D. Burdick, Borna Mehrad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2020-11-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/6/4/00481-2020.full