| Literature DB >> 15331184 |
Christine Kim Garcia1, Ganesh Raghu.
Abstract
This article focuses on recent advances in the identification of genes and genetic polymorphisms that have been implicated in the development of human interstitial lung diseases. It focuses on the inherited mendelian diseases in which pulmonary fibrosis is part of the clinical phenotype and the genetics of familial idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other rare inherited interstitial lung diseases. The article also reviews the association studies that have been published to date regarding the genetics of sporadic idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The reader is directed to recent reviews on human genetic predisposition of sarcoidosis, environmental-related, drug-related, connective tissue related pulmonary fibrosis, and genetic predisposition of fibrosis in animal models.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15331184 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2004.05.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Chest Med ISSN: 0272-5231 Impact factor: 2.878