Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: new insights in its pathogenesis

A Pardo, M Selman - The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2002 - Elsevier
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a unique type of chronic fibrosing lung disease of
unknown etiology. The sequence of the pathogenic mechanisms is unknown, but the …

Future research directions in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: summary of a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute working group

RG Crystal, PB Bitterman, B Mossman… - American journal of …, 2002 - atsjournals.org
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an insidious inflammatory fibroproliferative disease
whose cause and course before diagnosis are unknown, and for which existing treatments …

Why do patients get idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis? Current concepts in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis

PS Bellaye, M Kolb - BMC medicine, 2015 - Springer
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating lung disease of unknown origin. Recent
findings suggest that IPF results from multiple factors that eventually lead to interstitial lung …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: from epithelial injury to biomarkers-insights from the bench side

M Kolb, K Borensztajn, B Crestani, M Kolb - Respiration, 2014 - karger.com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most frequent fibrotic diffuse parenchymal lung
disease. Its prognosis is devastating:> 50% of the patients die within 3 years after diagnosis …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: multiple causes and multiple mechanisms?

TM Maher, AU Wells, GJ Laurent - European Respiratory …, 2007 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating condition that carries a prognosis worse
than that of many cancers. A recent classification of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias …

[PDF][PDF] Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis-a disorder of alveolar wound repair?

T Geiser - Swiss medical weekly, 2003 - smw.ch
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and usually progressive lung disorder of
unknown aetiology. Conventional management of patients with IPF has been primarily …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: an epithelial/fibroblastic cross-talk disorder

M Selman, A Pardo - Respiratory research, 2001 - Springer
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic and usually progressive lung disorder of unknown
etiology. A growing body of evidence suggests that, in contrast to other interstitial lung …

The pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

WR Coward, G Saini, G Jenkins - Therapeutic advances in …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive fibrotic lung disease with an appalling
prognosis. The failure of anti-inflammatory therapies coupled with the observation that …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: cellular and molecular pathogenesis

JC Weissler - The American journal of the medical sciences, 1989 - Elsevier
Diffuse involvement of the pulmonary interstitium with abnormal fibrous tissue is a process
that occurs in many settings. There are many possible etiologies for pulmonary fibrosis, but …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: pathogenesis and therapeutic approaches

M Selman, VJ Thannickal, A Pardo, DA Zisman… - Drugs, 2004 - Springer
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), also termed cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis, is a
clinicopathological syndrome characterised by cough, exertional dyspneoa, basilar crackles …