Autoantibody-Targeted Treatments for Acute Exacerbations of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

BACKGROUND: Severe acute exacerbations (AE) of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are medically untreatable and often fatal within days. Recent evidence suggests autoantibodies may be involved in IPF progression. Autoantibody-mediated lung diseases are typically refractory to glucocorticoids and no...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Donahoe, Michael, Valentine, Vincent G., Chien, Nydia, Gibson, Kevin F., Raval, Jay S., Saul, Melissa, Xue, Jianmin, Zhang, Yingze, Duncan, Steven R.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4470587/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26083430
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127771
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