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CLINICS IN CHEST MEDICINE
Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 749-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2004.04.003
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The combination of the unique pathologic features of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) on biopsy, the progressive clinical course, and resistance to anti-inflammatory therapy constitutes the cardinal manifestations of what is termed idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)/UIP, and it has led to recent suggestions that new therapies should be directed at regulating fibroblast functions rather than targeting the inflammatory response. The observation that early UIP looks like late UIP but there is less of it has been largely responsible for re-evaluation of the paradigm that IPF is the result of uncontrolled lung inflammation. This article highlights aspects of current thoughts on pathogenesis of IPF and expands on recent reviews.
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