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Summarize evidence on genetic susceptibility, pathogenetic mechanisms, and environmental cofactors driving the development of interstitial lung diseases of unknown origin.

January 1, 2001European Respiratory Journal

Genetic predisposition and pathogenetic mechanisms of interstitial lung diseases of unknown origin

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GVGeert M. VerledenAntwerp University Hospital RBR M du BoisNational Jewish Health DBDemosthenes BourosUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1

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Narrative review reveals genetic predispositions and environmental triggers in interstitial lung diseases, highlighting complex host-environment interactions driving fibrotic pathology.

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Summarize evidence on genetic susceptibility, pathogenetic mechanisms, and environmental cofactors driving the development of interstitial lung diseases of unknown origin.
Narrative review synthesizing cellular, cytokine, and genetic factors across conditions including sarcoidosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, and systemic sclerosis.
Analysis of histocompatibility antigen associations, familial disease aggregation, and monogenic syndromes such as tuberous sclerosis complex.
Specific histocompatibility antigens associate with increased disease susceptibility and distinct clinical manifestations in both sarcoidosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Clear familial aggregation and links to hereditary disorders like tuberous sclerosis complex confirm that genetic variation regulates pulmonary fibrotic risk.
Extrinsic fibrosing exposures likely interact with host genetic factors to trigger disease, though their precise causative role remains uncertain under standardized diagnostic definitions.

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Verleden et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a79e142fbd9051d3b0dfea6 https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.01.18s320017

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Narrative review reveals genetic predispositions and environmental triggers in interstitial lung diseases, highlighting complex host-environment interactions driving fibrotic pathology.

Genetic predisposition and pathogenetic mechanisms of interstitial lung diseases of unknown origin

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