Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis with Antibodies to Heat Shock Protein 70 Have Poor Prognoses
Kahloon RA, Xue J, Bhargava A, Csizmadia E, Otterbein L, Kass DJ, Bon J, Soejima M, Levesque MC, Lindell KO, Gibson KF, Kaminski N, Banga G, Oddis CV, Pilewski JM, Sciurba FC, Donahoe M, Zhang Y, Duncan SR. Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis with Antibodies to Heat Shock Protein 70 Have Poor Prognoses. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2013, 187: 768-775. PMID: 23262513, PMCID: PMC3678112, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201203-0506oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisAnti-HSP70 autoantibodiesPulmonary fibrosisAntigen-specific immune responsesAntigen-specific immunoassaysLung function deteriorationCD4 T cellsInterstitial lung diseaseIL-4 productionIL-8 productionUseful clinical informationHeat shock protein 70Acute exacerbationDiverse autoantibodiesIPF cohortIPF outcomesShock protein 70Function deteriorationMost patientsSpecific autoantibodiesIPF lungsIgG autoantibodiesClinical progressionPoor prognosisIPF progression