PMID- 36499525 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221219 LR - 20221221 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 23 DP - 2022 Dec 2 TI - Are There Differences in Inflammatory and Fibrotic Pathways between IPAF, CTD-ILDs, and IIPs? A Single-Center Pilot Study. LID - 10.3390/ijms232315205 [doi] LID - 15205 AB - In this pilot study, we aim to determine differences in pathogenetic pathways between interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF), connective-tissue-disease-associated interstitial lung diseases (CTD-ILDs), and idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs). Forty participants were recruited: 9 with IPAF, 15 with CTD-ILDs, and 16 with IIPs. Concentration of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta1), surfactant proteins A and D (SP-A, SP-D), interleukin 8 (IL-8), and chemokine 1 (CXCL1) were assessed with ELISA assay in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. We revealed that IL-8 and TGF-beta1 concentrations were significantly lower in the IPAF group than in the CTD-ILD group (p = 0.008 and p = 0.019, respectively), but similar to the concentrations in the IIP group. There were significant correlations of IL-8 (rs = 0.46; p = 0.003) and CXCL1 (rs = 0.52; p = 0.001) and BAL total cell count (TCC). A multivariate regression model revealed that IL-8 (beta = 0.32; p = 0.037) and CXCL1 (beta = 0.45; p = 0.004) are significant predictors of BAL TCC. We revealed that IL-8 and TGF-beta1 BAL concentrations vary in patients with different ILDs and found that IL-8 is a predictor of BAL TCC in IPAF. However, this needs to be confirmed in a multicenter cooperative study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03870828). FAU - Rzepka-Wrona, Patrycja AU - Rzepka-Wrona P AD - Department of Pneumonology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland. FAU - Skoczynski, Szymon AU - Skoczynski S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1796-7659 AD - Department of Pneumonology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland. FAU - Barczyk, Adam AU - Barczyk A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6567-9208 AD - Department of Pneumonology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland. LA - eng SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT03870828 GR - PCN-1-066/K/2/K/Medical University of Silesia/ PT - Clinical Study PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221202 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Interleukin-8) RN - 0 (Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein D) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta1) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Fibrosis MH - *Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias/complications MH - Interleukin-8 MH - *Lung Diseases, Interstitial/pathology MH - Pilot Projects MH - Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein D MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta1 PMC - PMC9738037 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CTD-ILDs OT - IIPs OT - IPAF OT - bronchoalveolar lavage OT - interstitial lung disease OT - interstitial pneumonia COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/12/12 06:00 MHDA- 2022/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2022/12/02 CRDT- 2022/12/11 01:20 PHST- 2022/10/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/11/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/12/11 01:20 [entrez] PHST- 2022/12/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms232315205 [pii] AID - ijms-23-15205 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms232315205 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Dec 2;23(23):15205. doi: 10.3390/ijms232315205.