Lung Fibrosis Increases Levels of Specific Surface Proteins, Suggests Disease Markers
A recent study published in the journal PLOS One, found two members of a class of proteins called surfactant proteins (SPs) at increased levels as a result of lung fibrosis and suggests that future studies could reveal the proteins, SP-A and SP-D, as markers of disease severity. Pulmonary emphysema and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are defined…