Increased levels of serum Wisteria floribunda agglutinin-positive Mac-2 binding protein in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6241142	Respiratory Medicine	2016	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Our results suggest that the serum WFA+-M2BP level is a potential biomarker in patients with IPF.

Keywords

HRCT Surfactant protein-D FEV1.0 bronchial alveolar lavage SP-D Mac-2 binding protein SLB n.s.UIP SP-A DLCO BAL FVC NAC IPF ALT COI AUC GGO N-acetylcysteine AST Aspartate aminotransferase Alanine aminotransferase Biomarker Surgical lung biopsy high-resolution computed tomography diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide forced vital capacity confidence interval Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis lactate dehydrogenase LDH area under the curve not significant Surfactant protein-A Usual interstitial pneumonia ground-glass opacity

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Increased levels of serum Wisteria floribunda agglutinin-positive Mac-2 binding protein in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Authors

Masato Kono, Yutaro Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Oyama, Kazutaka Mori, Hironao Hozumi, Masato Karayama, Dai Hashimoto, Noriyuki Enomoto, Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Naoki Inui, Masaomi Yamada, Etsuko Hamada, Thomas V. Colby, Masato Maekawa, Takafumi Suda,