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ID 83484
Author
Kohno, Nobuoki Second Department of Internal Medicine, Ehime University School of Medicine
Keywords
KL-6
KL-6/MUC1
interstitial pneumonitis
serum marker
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Interstitial pneumonitis includes more than a hundred diseases in which alveolitis is the main manifestation of the affected lung. Symptoms such as dry cough and exertional dyspnea, fine crackles on chest auscultation, interstitial infiltrates on chest X-ray films and CT scans, respiratory function tests, and Ga-67 scintigraphy have been used for the diagnosis and the evaluation of disease activity. However, the poor prognosis of some types of interstitial pneumonitis has not been improved . We discovered a high molecular weight mucin-like antigen, designated KL-6, which is also known as MUC1. The serum level of KL-6/MUC1 was elevated in 70-100% of patients with interstitial pneumonitis, such as pulmonary fibrosis (either idiopathic or related to collagen-vascular disorders), hypersensitivity pneumonitis, sarcoidosis, and radiation pneumonitis. The levels were significantly higher in patients with active disease than in those with inactive disease. In contrast, patients with noninterstitial lung disease did not show a significant elevation of KL-6/MUC1. Furthermore, the serum KL-6/MUC1 level was found to be an early predictive marker of the therapeutic effect of high-dose corticosteroids in patients with rapidly progressing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. These results indicate that KL-6/MUC1 may be a useful serum marker for the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with interstitial pneumonitis.
Journal Title
The journal of medical investigation : JMI
ISSN
13431420
NCID
AA11166929
Volume
46
Issue
3-4
Start Page
151
End Page
158
Sort Key
151
Published Date
1999
Remark
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language
eng