of the lung parenchyma. Which in turn causes lung stiffness, making it difficult to breathe and eventually leading to poor oxygenation of the blood. The effects of ILD are chronic and permanent.

In COPD, the lung may express even greater variability, since the airways may be affected even more than the parenchyma. Emphysema is patchy at the same time, while the airways and local areas in ...

The discovery of a lung-specific autoantigen, the loss of tolerance to which can result in autoimmune-mediated lung disease, has provided an explanation for the common pulmonary complications of ...