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Telomere length and immunosuppression in non-idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis interstitial lung disease
Senin, 22 Jan 2024 10:10:56

Telomere length and immunosuppression in non-idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis interstitial lung disease

John A. Mackintosh, Daniel C. Chambers

European Respiratory Journal 2024 63: 2301806; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01806-2023

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We write to congratulate Zhang et al. [1] on another fascinating manuscript which expands the narrative on telomeres and their relevance to fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD). Yet again, telomere length is shown to be fundamental to a person's outcome and their response to treatment, albeit an adverse response to immunosuppression, mirroring the authors’ previous post hoc analysis of the PANTHER-IPF data [2]. However, as in previous manuscripts [3, 4], the authors consider telomere length as a variable that modulates outcome in an individual with a correctly diagnosed ILD, rather than a parameter which might instead inform the diagnosis.

It is now time to include telomere length as a fundamental component of interstitial lung disease taxonomy https://bit.ly/3GcUPaJ

Footnotes

  • Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest related to the content of this letter.

  • Received October 20, 2023.
  • Accepted November 2, 2023.

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