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CHICAGO — Tacrolimus may be an option for patients with interstitial lung disease related to connective tissue difficulties, new research suggests. Tacrolimus was effective in a series of 13 patients.

Which pulmonary manifestations were present among patients with connective tissue disorder? Pulmonary manifestations were found in about a quarter of connective tissue disorder (CTD) patients, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although immunosuppressives remain the cornerstone for managing underlying interstitial lung disease in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHILADELPHIA — Rituximab is comparable in terms of safety and efficacy to cyclophosphamide among patients with ...

Scientists are reporting important roles for the network of connective tissue. Did scientists discover a new organ? The short answer is no, the interstitium is not an "undiscovered organ," but ...

Interstitial lung disease requires a multidisciplinary clinical approach, though little is known about effective therapeutic treatments. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) should be treated with a ...

In patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), a rare connective tissue disease, interstitial lung disease contributes to 35 percent of deaths. Published recently in the American Journal of Respiratory ...

To identify potential biomarkers of interstitial lung disease, researchers at West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Minda Hospital of Hubei Minzu University mined the Gene Expression Omnibus ...

WHEN a piece of interstitial connective tissue covering the thigh muscles of a rat was placed in water adjusted to pH. 4·5, within a few hours it became opaque, white and shrunken. On the other hand, ...

Standard methods to slice and fix tissues for close-up exams end up draining the interconnected chambers. The collagen-based supports around those spaces then collapse and stick together, creating the ...