Serum B-cell activating factor and lung ultrasound B-lines in connective tissue disease related interstitial lung disease

Serum B-cell activating factor and lung ultrasound B-lines in connective tissue disease related interstitial lung disease

ObjectiveTo investigate the role of serum B-cell activating factor (BAFF) and lung ultrasound (LUS) B-lines in connective tissue disease related interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD), and their association with different ILD patterns on high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of chest.MethodsWe mea...

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Main Authors: Yukai Wang, Xuezhen Xie, Shaoyu Zheng, Guangzhou Du, Shaoqi Chen, Weijin Zhang, Jinghua Zhuang, Jianqun Lin, Shijian Hu, Kedi Zheng, Angelina Mikish, Zhuangyong Xu, Guohong Zhang, Luna Gargani, Cosimo Bruni, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Daniel E. Furst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
B-cell activating factor
lung ultrasound
B-lines
KL-6
high resolution CT
connective tissue disease related interstitial lung disease
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.1066111/full

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