Increased Airway Wall Thickness in Interstitial Lung Abnormalities and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Ezra R MillerRachel K PutmanAlejandro A DiazHanfei XuRaúl San José EstéparTetsuro ArakiMizuki NishinoSergio Poli de FríasTomoyuki HidaJames RossHarvey CoxsonJosée DupuisGeorge T O'ConnorEdwin K SilvermanIvan O RosasHiroto HatabuGeorge WashkoGary M HunninghakePublished in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2020)
These results demonstrate that measurable increases in AWT are consistently noted in research participants with ILA and in patients with IPF. These findings suggest that abnormalities of the airways may play a role in, or be correlated with, early pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis.