ABSTRACT IPF is a devastating disease with few therapeutic options. The precise aetiology
of IPF remains elusive. However, our understanding of the pathologic processes involved in …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic progressive lung disease of unknown cause,
occurring in adults, limited to the lungs and associated with the pathologic and radiologic …

A recent review article suggested that idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a disease that is
associated more with abnormal wound healing than with inflammation. Data derived from …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a unique type of chronic fibrosing lung disease of
unknown etiology. The sequence of the pathogenic mechanisms is unknown, but the …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an insidious inflammatory fibroproliferative disease
whose cause and course before diagnosis are unknown, and for which existing treatments …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and often fatal lung disease for which
there is no known treatment. Although the traditional paradigm of IPF pathogenesis …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating lung disease of unknown origin. Recent
findings suggest that IPF results from multiple factors that eventually lead to interstitial lung …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic lung fibrosing disease with high prevalence
that has a prognosis worse than many cancers. There has been a recent influx of new …

To cite this article: Harari S, Caminati A. IPF: new insight on pathogenesis and treatment.
Allergy 2010; 65: 537–553. Abstract Recent years have seen a robust influx of exciting new …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) represents a chronic progressive fibrotic interstitial lung
disease of unknown cause with an ominous prognosis. It remains an unprecedent clinical …