Clinical characteristics of patients with anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase antibody positive idiopathic interstitial pneumonia

Anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (ARS) antibodies have been detected in patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM) and are especially correlated with interstitial lung disease (ILD). The aim of this study was to clarify the clinical features of patients with anti-ARS antibody positive idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs).

Source: Respiratory Medicine - October 28, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Hirokazu Yura, Noriho Sakamoto, Minoru Satoh, Hiroshi Ishimoto, Tetsuya Hanaka, Chiyo Ito, Tomoko Hasegawa, Shin Tanaka, Takuto Miyamura, Shota Nakashima, Atsuko Hara, Tomoyuki Kakugawa, Keishi Oda, Takashi Kido, Yasushi Obase, Yuji Ishimatsu, Kazuhiro Ya Source Type: research