Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

"Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A common interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology, usually occurring between 50-70 years of age. Clinically, it is characterized by an insidious onset of breathlessness with exertion and a nonproductive cough, leading to progressive DYSPNEA. Pathological features show scant interstitial inflammation, patchy collagen fibrosis, prominent fibroblast proliferation foci, and microscopic honeycomb change.

Descriptor ID	D054990
MeSH Number(s)	C08.381.483.487.500 C08.381.765.500
Concept/Terms	Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibroses Pulmonary Fibroses, Idiopathic Familial Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Fibrocystic Pulmonary Dysplasia Dysplasia, Fibrocystic Pulmonary Dysplasias, Fibrocystic Pulmonary Fibrocystic Pulmonary Dysplasias Pulmonary Dysplasia, Fibrocystic Pulmonary Dysplasias, Fibrocystic Fibrosing Alveolitis, Cryptogenic Hamman-Rich Disease Disease, Hamman-Rich Diseases, Hamman-Rich Hamman Rich Disease Hamman-Rich Diseases Interstitial Pneumonitis, Usual Interstitial Pneumonitides, Usual Pneumonitides, Usual Interstitial Pneumonitis, Usual Interstitial Usual Interstitial Pneumonitides Usual Interstitial Pneumonitis Pulmonary Fibrosis, Idiopathic Usual Interstitial Pneumonia Interstitial Pneumonia, Usual Interstitial Pneumonias, Usual Usual Interstitial Pneumonias Idiopathic Fibrosing Alveolitis, Chronic Form Cryptogenic Fibrosing Alveolitis Cryptogenic Fibrosing Alveolitides Fibrosing Alveolitides, Cryptogenic Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Familial

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Diseases [C]
Respiratory Tract Diseases [C08]
Lung Diseases [C08.381]
Lung Diseases, Interstitial [C08.381.483]
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias [C08.381.483.487]
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis [C08.381.483.487.500]
Pulmonary Fibrosis [C08.381.765]
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis [C08.381.765.500]

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Bar chart showing 13 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2011 and 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	0	1
2011	3	0	3
2012	1	0	1
2013	1	1	2
2014	3	0	3
2015	1	0	1
2017	1	0	1

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Collard HR, Richeldi L, Kim DS, Taniguchi H, Tschoepe I, Luisetti M, Roman J, Tino G, Schlenker-Herceg R, Hallmann C, du Bois RM. Acute exacerbations in the INPULSIS trials of nintedanib in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Eur Respir J. 2017 05; 49(5).

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George G, Vaid U, Summer R. Therapeutic advances in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2016 Jan; 99(1):30-2.

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White ES, Brown KK, Collard HR, Conoscenti CS, Cosgrove GP, Flaherty KR, Leff JA, Martinez FJ, Roman J, Rose D, Violette S, Kaminski N. Open-access biorepository for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The way forward. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2014 Oct; 11(8):1171-5.

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Thannickal VJ, Henke CA, Horowitz JC, Noble PW, Roman J, Sime PJ, Zhou Y, Wells RG, White ES, Tschumperlin DJ. Matrix biology of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a workshop report of the national heart, lung, and blood institute. Am J Pathol. 2014 Jun; 184(6):1643-51.

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Blackwell TS, Tager AM, Borok Z, Moore BB, Schwartz DA, Anstrom KJ, Bar-Joseph Z, Bitterman P, Blackburn MR, Bradford W, Brown KK, Chapman HA, Collard HR, Cosgrove GP, Deterding R, Doyle R, Flaherty KR, Garcia CK, Hagood JS, Henke CA, Herzog E, Hogaboam CM, Horowitz JC, King TE, Loyd JE, Lawson WE, Marsh CB, Noble PW, Noth I, Sheppard D, Olsson J, Ortiz LA, O'Riordan TG, Oury TD, Raghu G, Roman J, Sime PJ, Sisson TH, Tschumperlin D, Violette SM, Weaver TE, Wells RG, White ES, Kaminski N, Martinez FJ, Wynn TA, Thannickal VJ, Eu JP. Future directions in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis research. An NHLBI workshop report. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Jan 15; 189(2):214-22.

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Roman J, Brown KK, Olson A, Corcoran BM, Williams KJ. An official American thoracic society workshop report: comparative pathobiology of fibrosing lung disorders in humans and domestic animals. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2013 Dec; 10(6):S224-9.

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Smith JS, Gorbett D, Mueller J, Perez R, Daniels CJ. Pulmonary hypertension and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a dastardly duo. Am J Med Sci. 2013 Sep; 346(3):221-5.

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Sueblinvong V, Neujahr DC, Mills ST, Roser-Page S, Ritzenthaler JD, Guidot D, Rojas M, Roman J. Predisposition for disrepair in the aged lung. Am J Med Sci. 2012 Jul; 344(1):41-51.

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Fioret D, Perez RL, Roman J. Management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Am J Med Sci. 2011 Jun; 341(6):450-3.

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Fioret D, Perez RL, Perez T, Roman J. A case of progressive lung fibrosis. Am J Med Sci. 2011 Jun; 341(6):428-30.

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