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Genetic Risk Factors for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Insights into Immunopathogenesis.


ABSTRACT: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is an etiologically complex interstitial lung disease characterized by progressive scarring of the lungs with a subsequent decline in lung function. While much of the pathogenesis of IPF still remains unclear, it is now understood that genetic variation accounts for at least one-third of the risk of developing the disease. The single-most validated and most significant risk factor, genetic or otherwise, is a gain-of-function promoter variant in the MUC5B gene. While the functional impact of these IPF risk variants at the cellular and tissue levels are areas of active investigation, there is a growing body of evidence that these genetic variants may influence disease pathogenesis through modulation of innate immune processes.

SUBMITTER: Michalski JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7801923 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genetic Risk Factors for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Insights into Immunopathogenesis.

Michalski Jacob E JE   Schwartz David A DA  

Journal of inflammation research 20200101


Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is an etiologically complex interstitial lung disease characterized by progressive scarring of the lungs with a subsequent decline in lung function. While much of the pathogenesis of IPF still remains unclear, it is now understood that genetic variation accounts for at least one-third of the risk of developing the disease. The single-most validated and most significant risk factor, genetic or otherwise, is a gain-of-function promoter variant in the <i>MUC5B</i> gene  ...[more]

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