Association of serum KL-6 levels with interstitial lung disease in patients with connective tissue disease: a cross-sectional study

• Published in: Clinical rheumatology Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 663 - 666
• Main Authors: Oguz, Ekin Oktay, Kucuksahin, Orhan, Turgay, Murat, Yildizgoren, Mustafa Turgut, Ates, Askin, Demir, Nalan, Kumbasar, Ozlem Ozdemir, Kinikli, Gulay, Duzgun, Nursen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Springer London 01.03.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Connective Tissue Diseases - blood; Connective Tissue Diseases - complications; Connective Tissue Diseases - diagnosis; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disease Progression; Female; Humans; Lung Diseases, Interstitial - blood; Lung Diseases, Interstitial - complications; Lung Diseases, Interstitial - diagnosis; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Mucin-1 - blood; Original Article; Prognosis; Rheumatology; Smoking - blood; Connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease; Connective tissue disease; Interstitial lung disease; Krebs von den Lungen-6

It was aimed to evaluate KL-6 glycoprotein levels to determine if it may be a diagnostic marker for the connective tissue diseases (CTDs) predicting CTD-related interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) (CTD-ILD) development and to examine if there was a difference between patients and healthy controls. The...