Background and objective: Previous studies have indicated a high incidence of lung cancer
in IPF, and some have identified its risk factors. However, those studies were retrospective …

BACKGROUND: Acute exacerbation (AE) is currently established as a distinct condition
with acute deterioration of respiratory status in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Recently, …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the difference in clinical features and prognosis of patients with
interstitial lung disease (ILD) comparing polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM). METHODS…

Background Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common manifestation of polymyositis (PM),
dermatomyositis (DM), and clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM); however, little is …

The aim of the present study was to clarify the clinical characteristics and prognosis of
patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with amyopathic dermatomyositis (ILD-ADM)…

Objectives Myositis-specific autoantibodies (MSAs) are associated with clinical phenotypes
in polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM). No study has investigated the clinical features …

Objectives To investigate the risk factors and prognosis associated with acute exacerbation (AE)
in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD). …

Mouse lung dendritic cells (LDCs) have been recently shown to contain two major subpopulations:
CD103 + CD11b low or negative (CD103 + LDCs) and CD103 − CD11b high LDCs (…

Objective Autoantibodies to aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) are useful in the diagnosis
of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) with interstitial pneumonia (IP). We developed an …

Background Although the accurate diagnosis of pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE)
requires pathologic evaluation, this diagnosis is often suggested when the radiologic findings …