Prognosticating Outcomes in Interstitial Lung Disease by Mediastinal Lymph Node Assessment. An Observational Cohort Study with Independent Validation.
Ayodeji AdegunsoyeJustin M OldhamCatherine BonhamCara HruschPaul NolanWesley KlejchShashi BellamUday MehtaKiran ThakrarJanelle Vu PugashettiAliya N HusainSteven M MontnerChristopher M StrausRekha VijAnne I SperlingImre NothMary E StrekJonathan H ChungPublished in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (2020)
MLN enlargement predicts TFS and hospitalization risk in ILD and is associated with decreased levels of a key circulating cytokine, soluble CD40L. Incorporating MLN and cytokine findings into current prediction models might improve ILD prognostication.