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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . About half of patients with mixed connective tissue disorder had abnormal pulmonary function tests and reduced ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have identified a network of fluid-filled spaces surrounded by connective tissue that fills the spaces between our organs, surrounding and potentially protecting our insides throughout the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Background: Vitamin D is a steroid hormone with pleiotropic effects including immune system modulation, lung tissue remodeling, and bone health. Vitamin D deficiency has been implicated in the ...

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 ...