Natural history of pulmonary fibrosis in two subjects with the same telomerase mutation.

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Previous studies have identified subclinical lung disease in family members of probands with familial pulmonary fibrosis, but the natural history of preclinical pulmonary fibrosis is uncertain. The purpose of this study was to determine whether individuals with preclinical lung disease will develop pulmonary fibrosis. After a 27-year interval, two subjects with manifestations of preclinical familial pulmonary fibrosis, including asymptomatic alveolar inflammation and alveolar macrophage activation, were reevaluated for lung disease. CT scans of the chest, pulmonary function tests, and BAL were performed, and genomic DNA was analyzed for mutations in candidate genes associated with familial pulmonary fibrosis. One subject developed symptomatic familial pulmonary fibrosis

SUBMITTER: El-Chemaly S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3087459 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature