Performance of Forced Vital Capacity and Lung Diffusion Cutpoints for Associated Radiographic Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis
Showalter K, Hoffmann A, Rouleau G, Aaby D, Lee J, Richardson C, Dematte J, Agrawal R, Chang RW, Hinchcliff M. Performance of Forced Vital Capacity and Lung Diffusion Cutpoints for Associated Radiographic Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis. The Journal Of Rheumatology 2018, 45: 1572-1576. PMID: 30275265, PMCID: PMC6214765, DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.171362.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsScl-70 autoantibodiesPulmonary function testsNegative predictive valueInterstitial lung diseaseSSc-ILDVital capacityLung diseaseSystemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung diseaseRadiographic interstitial lung diseaseHigh negative predictive valueReceiver-operating characteristic curveForced Vital CapacityILD evaluationChest HRCTSystemic sclerosisFunction testsTomography scanAmerican CollegeFVCDLCOPatientsAutoantibodiesPredictive valueSSc criteriaThoracic radiologistsThe novel adipokine C1q-TNF related protein 9 (CTRP9) is elevated in systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease.
Korman B, Alejo R, Sudhakar D, Hinchcliff M, Agrawal R, Varga J, Marangoni RG. The novel adipokine C1q-TNF related protein 9 (CTRP9) is elevated in systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease. Clinical And Experimental Rheumatology 2018, 36 Suppl 113: 184-185. PMID: 30183591, PMCID: PMC7389309.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung diseaseInterstitial lung diseaseLung diseaseC1q-TNFProtein 9