Diagnostic value of KL-6 in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia | Zendy

Peiyan Zheng | Zendy; Xiaoqing Liu | Zendy; Huimin Huang | Zendy; Zijun Guo | Zendy; Ge Wu | Zendy; Haisheng Hu | Zendy; Chuanxu Cai | Zendy; Wenting Luo | Zendy; Nili Wei | Zendy; Qian Han | Zendy; Baoqing Sun | Zendy

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Diagnostic value of KL-6 in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia

Author(s) -

Peiyan Zheng,

Xiaoqing Liu,

Huimin Huang,

Zijun Guo,

Ge Wu,

Haisheng Hu,

Chuanxu Cai,

Wenting Luo,

Nili Wei,

Qian Han,

Baoqing Sun

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of thoracic disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 2077-6624

pISSN - 2072-1439

DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.07.54

Subject(s) - medicine , gastroenterology , idiopathic interstitial pneumonia , receiver operating characteristic , pneumonia , confidence interval , pathological , concomitant , area under the curve , lung , pathology , interstitial lung disease

Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) can induce type II alveolar epithelial cell proliferation and pulmonary basement membrane damage and subsequent release of Krebs von den Lungen-6 antigen (KL-6) to the bloodstream. This study investigated the diagnostic and prognostic value of serum KL-6 levels for IIP.

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